HC Deb 18 June 1979 vol 968 cc442-3W
Mr. Bob Dunn

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of habitable council homes that are currently empty in Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle and Glasgow.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The following information is taken from returns provided by local authorities in England in response to the Department's relets inquiry for 1977. It relates to dwellings owned by each authority vacant and available for letting on 31 December 1977. Questions in relation to matters in Scotland are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Dwellings vacant and available for letting from housing revenue account stock
Manchester (City) Not available
Salford 335
Liverpool 409
Hull 327
Newcastle 1.228

Mr. Bob Dunn

asked the Secretary ot State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number oi habitable council homes that are empty in each of the London boroughs.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The following information is taken from returns provided by local authorities in England in response to the Department's relets inquiry for 1977. It relates to dwellings owned by each authority vacant and available for letting on 31 December 1977.

DWELLINGS VACANT AND AVAILABLE FOR LETING FROM HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT STORK
Greater London Council 990
City of London 12
Barking 344
Barnet 78
Bexley 120
Brent 141
Bromley 93
Camden 222
Croydon 63
Ealing 326
Enfield 55
(for 1976)
Greenwich Not available
Hacknev Not available
Hammersmith 345
Haringey 103
Harrow 35
Havering 57
Hillingdon 77
Hounslow 537
Islington 319
Kensington and Chelsea 83
Kingston-upon-Thames 6
Lambeth 264
Lewisham Not available
Merton 22
Newham 125
Redbridge 70
Richmond 105
Southwark Not available
Sutton 19
Tower Hamlets 205
Waltham Forest 49
Wandsworth 185
Westminster 430