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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) children and (b) adults were living in overcrowded accommodation in (i) London and (ii) each London borough in each year since 2010.

According to the English Housing Survey, in 2010 there were 434,000 children and 708,000 adults living in overcrowded accommodation in London. For 2011, there were 435,000 children and 703,000 adults, and for 2012 there were 420,000 children and 693,000 adults living in overcrowded accomodation in London.

My Department does not record or collect the information requested at London borough level.