Will the Cabinet Secretary explain why the Welsh Government has not collected data and reported on the numbers of people on waiting lists for social housing, in contrast to the governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
| Answered on 06/08/2025
Local authorities in Wales are responsible for managing data on social housing waiting lists.
The Welsh Government does not routinely collect or verify data on social housing waiting lists. We are exploring the feasibility of collecting estimates of households on social housing waiting lists through a future Housing Survey and will update on this in due course.