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New social housing lettings under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

New social housing lettings: Year ending March 2008 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0100k200k300k2010201520202025Year ending March 2008: 217,846 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 339,642 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 335,400 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 365,829 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 394,251 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 376,861 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 394,693 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 383,705 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 372,974 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 333,173 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 312,980 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 313,928 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 306,152 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 236,545 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 266,741 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 252,232 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 260,479 lettings · published 13 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 262,944 lettings · published 13 November 2025
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – presentFewer than two periods have been published during this government, so no change is shown yet.
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 2024313,928Year ending March 2019260,479Year ending March 2024↓ 17.0%−53,449
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 2019333,173Year ending March 2017313,928Year ending March 2019↓ 5.8%−19,245
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017383,705Year ending March 2015333,173Year ending March 2017↓ 13.2%−50,532
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015335,400Year ending March 2010383,705Year ending March 2015↑ 14.4%+48,305
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.