Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes for (a) affordable rent (b) social rent and (c) other affordable tenures were (i) started and (ii) completed in settlements with a population of less than 3,000 in the most recent year for which data is available.

In 2017-18, there were 4,595 additional new build affordable housing completed in populations of less than 3,000 people.

The Department does not collect a detailed breakdown of affordable housing by tenure specifically for populations of less than 3,000 people.

The Department does not collect centrally information on affordable housing starts in populations of less than 3,000 people.