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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Number of lettings by year and letting type
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[Collapse]ProviderData from Registered Social Landlords is available from 2008-09 onwards.<br />For 2022-23, one RSL (Bron Afon) was unable to submit data on lettings.  Therefore information provided by Bron Afon for 2021-22 has been used to calculate a Wales total. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]LettingsHoused from the waiting list includes lettings from waiting lists, lettings to non-priority homeless, lettings resulting from a nomination from another landlord and lettings resulting from resettlement/move-on strategies or disabled registers. Priority need homeless are those households accepted by a local authority as homeless or threatened with homelessness who are categorised, by the Local Authority, as being in priority need of accommodation. Lettings through exchanges involve dwellings let to tenants of other social landlords through mutual exchanges during the financial year and existing tenants enabled to move within the local authority\’s stock through mutual exchange agreements during the financial year. Lettings through transfers involve tenants transferring within the organisation\’s stock, i.e. where an existing tenant is transferred to another tenancy under the organisation\’s policy for transfers. The total for transfers and exchanges does not add up at a Wales level between 2005-06 and 2007-08 because the RSL data was only collected as a total of transfers and exchanges and not separately. [Filter]
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YearData from Registered Social Landlords is available from 2005-06 only. [Filter]
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Click here to sortHoused from waiting listClick here to sortRe-housed on a priority basis due to homelessnessClick here to sortTransfersClick here to sortExchanges
1996-9712,9091,64614,5556,4402,1698,60923,164
1997-9814,75988015,6396,5161,6498,16523,804
1998-9914,4031,26915,6725,8321,0496,88122,553
1999-0013,9641,38315,3475,5021,2916,79322,140
2000-0113,3611,76215,1234,9281,0986,02621,149
2001-0212,2692,22014,4894,6391,0375,67620,165
2002-0311,8752,47314,3484,2776834,96019,308
2003-049,7882,91912,7072,8909093,79916,506
2004-057,8973,29911,1962,3086572,96514,161
2005-0612,9794,34317,3222,2429314,74622,068
2006-0713,1304,55017,6802,3519444,86922,549
2007-0812,0324,13116,1632,5148214,90121,064
2008-0912,0014,31716,3183,4391,4864,92521,243
2009-1012,8694,48017,3493,7241,5765,30022,649
2010-1112,9894,09717,0863,4341,8075,24122,327
2011-1211,9434,19616,1393,3461,9615,30721,446
2012-1311,9483,66315,6113,6652,2165,88121,492
2013-1414,4213,13117,5524,6592,2606,91924,471
2014-1513,5163,05116,5673,6021,8925,49422,061
2015-1613,7173,16016,8773,8571,5125,36922,246
2016-1714,0703,37617,4463,2771,8665,14322,589
2017-1812,5923,22515,8172,8711,6864,55720,374
2018-1912,8633,72216,5852,9281,6224,55021,135
2019-20.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
2020-219,6744,28613,9602,5721,1073,67917,639
2021-22(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.9,7304,567(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.14,297(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.2,8271,826(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.4,65318,950
2022-237,7095,91713,6262,3041,8324,13617,762

Metadata

Title

Social housing lettings

Last update

25 July 2024 25 July 2024

Next update

March 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Social housing lettings data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.housing@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

The information presented here covers the number of lettings within housing stock held by Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords. The information is collected via annual returns from Welsh social landlords in order to monitor trends over time in the number and type of lettings made. Lettings covers all lettings during the financial year and includes new lets, re-lets, transfers and exchanges.


2) Data on lettings for Gwalia Housing Group was unavailable for 2010-11 and 2011-12. For 2010-11, 2009-10 data has been used. For 2011-12, total lettings was received separately and a breakdown by location and letting type derived by applying the proportions from 2009-10;

3) A revision of the data from the Vale of Glamorgan was identified to the previous year's lettings data for 2008-09 however the revised data could not be provided before the publication date.

4) For 2008-09 and 2009-10, Abbeyfield societies, Almshouse Charities and Co-ownership societies were not required to complete a lettings return.


Data collection and calculation

The information presented here is collected via annual returns from Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords for each financial year.

In 2018-19 one RSL (Baneswell Housing Association) was unable to submit data. Therefore information provided by Baneswell HA for 2017-18 has been used for 2018-19 to provide a more accurate local authority total and Wales level total.

During the 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 data collection and validation, some landlords were unable to either submit data or to resolve validation errors. Where this is the case, the best available estimate of the missing or incorrect data has been used. Whilst this should have only a small effect on data at a Wales level, care may be needed when using data for specific areas and providers. The list below details the issues:

1) Data on lettings for Blaenau Gwent was unavailable for 2009-10, so 2008-09 data has been used for 2009-10;

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown for each financial year from 1996-97.

Note that, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, data on social housing lettings in Wales for 2019-20 were not collected.

Users, uses and context

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

None

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Keywords

Housing, Lettings, Transfers, Exchanges

Name

HOUS1501