HC Deb 23 March 1987 vol 113 cc46-59W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to (a) how many and (b) what percentage of houses in (i) the public and (ii) the private sector in each local housing authority area are empty at the latest available date.

Mr. John Patten

The latest information is for April 1986, from the English authorities' housing investment programme returns, and it is included in the table which follows. All authorities provided figures for their own stock and these have been shown separately; they exclude

Vacant dwellings, England: April 1986

Numbers and percentage of stock
Region 1: North including Cumbria
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Cleveland
Hartlepool 194 1.7 15 0.9 780 3.5
Langbaurgh 505 3.0 29 2.2 1,490 3.8
Middlesbrough 428 2.4 27 1.0 1,030 3.0
Stockton-on-Tees 476 2.5 41 2.1 1,494 3.2
County—Cumbria
Allerdale 118 1.8 170 3.3 1,863 6.9
Barrow-in-Furness 77 1.6 7 2.1 801 3.3
Carlisle 379 3.2 62 5.4 1,559 5.6
Copeland 148 2.3 74 2.0 990 5.6
Eden 41 1.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
South Lakeland 26 0.5 n.a. n.a. 1,145 3.3
County—Durham
Chester-le-Street 175 2.3 n.a. n.a. 273 2.1
Darlington 177 2.1 0 0.0 1,656 5.5
Derwentside 302 2.4 72 6.8 1,192 5.4
Durham 144 1.3 76 5.2 798 4.0
Easington 760 4.1 362 9.1 707 4.1
Sedgefield 575 3.8 44 3.4 562 2.9
Teesdale 33 2.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Wear Valley 72 0.9 18 1.5 632 3.6
County—Northumberland
Alnwick 35 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Berwick-upon-Tweed 7 0.2 0 0.0 n.a. n.a.
Blyth Valley 218 2.2 39 2.0 550 3.0
Castle Morpeth 35 0.9 n.a. n.a. 247 1.8
Tynedale 7 0.2 26 5.1 n.a. n.a.
Wansbeck 130 1.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
County—Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 1,825 5.1 n.a. n.a. 1,419 3.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,336 2.9 244 3.9 2,931 4.7
North Tyneside 1,310 4.6 106 3.3 2,040 4.0
South Tyneside 298 1.0 47 1.4 808 2.6
Sunderland 1,527 2.9 117 2.1 2,606 4.4

Region 2: Yorks and Humberside
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Humberside
Beverley 22 0.4 0 0.0 1,097 3.1
Boothferry 81 1.7 20 12.0 1,300 6.7
Cleethorpes 22 0.6 0 0.0 n.a. n.a.
East Yorkshire 46 0.9 n.a. n.a. 1,400 5.0
Glanford 27 0.7 0 0.0 1,116 5.0
Great Grimsby 111 1.3 28 4.4 833 3.2
Holderness 6 0.2 12 4.8 1,135 6.9
Kingston upon Hull 800 1.7 50 2.2 3,150 5.6
Scunthorpe 184 2.0 7 2.0 478 3.2
County—North Yorkshire
Craven 34 1.5 0 0.0 540 3.0
Hambleton 12 0.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Harrogate 68 1.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Richmondshire 77 2.8 300 13.8 335 2.6
Ryedale 15 0.4 4 0.3 1,403 4.8
Scarborough 117 1.6 23 2.7 1,605 4.2
Selby 44 0.8 13 3.2 n.a. n.a.

closed dwellings, of which there were 1,700 in England. Authorities' information about other vacant housing is generally less accurate and some authorities were unable to provide estimates.

Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
York 82 0.8 5 0.5 800 2.7
County—South Yorkshire
Barnsley 598 1.9 71 2.8 1,674 3.1
Doncaster 595 1.7 28 2.9 2,104 2.8
Rotherham 672 2.0 113 2.5 n.a. n.a.
Sheffield 3,027 3.4 183 4.3 5,539 4.5
County— West Yorkshire
Bradford 1,795 4.8 n.a. n.a. 5,523 4.1
Calderdale 796 5.1 10 0.5 3,465 5.8
Kirklees 981 2.7 29 1.4 6,777 6.0
Leeds 1,076 1.2 120 1.6 6,120 3.3
Wakefield 512 1.1 312 8.1 1,866 2.6

Region 3: East Midlands
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Derbyshire
Amber Valley 78 1.0 36 5.0 1,451 4.0
Bolsover 153 1.8 40 8.9 665 3.4
Chesterfield 206 1.5 30 3.9 1,261 5.0
Derby 549 2.6 114 2.6 3,470 5.6
Erewash 122 1.5 27 5.5 1,509 4.6
High Peak 49 0.8 n.a. n.a. 1,574 6.0
North East Derbyshire 119 1.1 11 5.2 350 1.3
South Derbyshire 29 0.6 10 3.5 1,388 6.5
West Derbyshire 10 0.2 16 11.8 1,587 6.9
County—Leicestershire
Blaby 12 0.4 18 4.3 591 2.3
Charnwood 30 0.4 0 0.0 1,570 3.5
Harborough 20 0.6 7 3.0 571 2.8
Hinckley and Bosworth 49 1.0 0 0.0 1,084 3.6
Leicester 947 2.8 n.a. n.a. 4,568 6.6
Melton 49 1.8 42 12.5 572 4.1
North West Leicestershire 53 0.9 41 4.1 1,180 5.0
Oadby and Wigston 32 1.7 n.a. n.a. 404 2.3
Rutland 8 0.4 0 0.0 314 3.5
County—Lincolnshire
Boston 20 0.3 13 2.5 839 5.5
East Lindsey 75 1.3 127 10.0 2,531 6.4
Lincoln 343 3.3 37 4.6 960 4.5
North Kesteven 42 0.8 697 40.6 1,200 4.9
South Holland 37 0.7 0 0.0 804 4.0
South Kesteven 121 1.3 90 13.5 1,831 6.0
West Lindsey 92 1.9 217 17.1 0 0.0
County—Northamptonshire
Corby 259 2.6 2 2.0 398 4.1
Daventry 72 1.5 2 1.2 545 3.0
East Northamptonshire 21 0.4 n.a. n.a. 745 3.6
Kettering 93 1.6 13 3.5 943 4.1
Northampton 445 2.5 50 4.3 2,105 4.5
South Northamptonshire 22 0.5 0 0.0 1,002 4.7
Wellingborough 99 1.4 0 0.0 754 4.1
County—Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 205 1.9 63 5.2 1,249 4.2
Bassetlaw 81 0.8 72 5.3 1,726 n.a.
Broxstowe 90 1.3 n.a. n.a. 803 2.4
Gedling 104 1.8 54 3.1 839 2.4
Mansfield 209 2.0 60 3.6 n.a. n.a.
Newark and Sherwood 109 1.3 72 3.1 1,169 3.8
Nottingham 1,348 3.0 326 5.7 3,666 6.1
Rushcliffe 76 1.7 40 7.2 0 0.0

Region 4: East Anglia
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 151 1.4 35 2.0 64 0.2
East Cambridgeshire 28 0.6 13 4.2 883 5.1
Fenland 28 0.5 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Huntingdonshire 93 1.1 217 8.8 1,931 5.0
Peterborough 243 2.5 233 2.4 1,778 4.8
South Cambridgeshire 62 0.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
County—Norfolk
Breckland 233 3.1 n.a. n.a. 2,280 7.0
Broadland 10 0.3 n.a. n.a. 1,460 4.1
Great Yarmouth 69 0.9 26 5.3 1,395 5.2
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 70 0.7 117 5.9 1,800 4.4
North Norfolk 62 1.0 400 30.8 1,977 6.1
Norwich 570 2.4 54 2.4 1,676 6.2
South Norfolk 17 0.3 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
County—Suffolk
Babergh 39 0.7 n.a. n.a. 1,430 5.8
Forest Heath 5 0.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Ipswich 167 1.4 49 2.0 941 2.7
Mid Suffolk 28 0.6 5 1.3 1,005 4.3
St Edmundsbury 71 0.8 20 1.4 n.a. n.a.
Suffolk Coastal 90 1.5 n.a. n.a. 1,326 3.7
Waveney 88 1.4 40 3.0 1,677 4.6

Region 5: Greater London
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Inner London
City of London 28 1.8 0 0.0 35 2.1
Camden 957 2.8 139 2.4 4,857 11.0
Hackney 2,872 6.3 577 6.8 2,232 9.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 654 3.5 n.a. n.a. 4,552 10.8
Haringey 670 2.8 205 3.5 3,588 6.8
Islington 2,271 5.5 484 5.5 3,200 12.9
Kensington and Chelsea 378 4.3 691 6.1 8,080 14.5
Lambeth 1,328 2.7 695 7.1 n.a. n.a.
Lewisham 1,568 3.8 328 5.5 2,038 4.2
Newham 2,420 7.8 362 8.9 2,127 4.4
Southwark 1,900 3.1 483 5.8 2,707 11.3
Tower Hamlets 3,200 6.6 277 5.0 405 5.0
Wandsworth 1,397 3.7 233 3.2 2,560 4.0
Westminster 739 3.2 504 4.9 7,000 10.1
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham 588 1.8 n.a. n.a. 525 2.0
Barnet 354 2.0 116 2.0 2,884 3.1
Bexley 124 1.1 107 2.0 3,367 5.1
Brent 844 4.0 386 5.4 3,370 5.2
Bromley 201 1.2 n.a. n.a. 3,200 3.2
Croydon 392 2.0 n.a. n.a. 3,267 3.2
Ealing 523 2.6 n.a. n.a. 2,123 2.6
Enfield 467 2.4 n.a. n.a. 2,423 3.0
Greenwich 912 2.5 212 4.5 2,362 5.1
Harrow 164 2.0 96 6.1 1,068 1.6
Havering 321 1.9 64 4.4 1,651 2.3
Hillingdon 501 2.8 74 2.0 2,866 4.0
Hounslow 479 2.4 71 1.9 2,630 4.7
Kingston upon Thames 99 1.5 2 0.1 1,433 3.0
Merton 301 2.4 115 6.6 3,779 7.0
Redbridge 326 2.9 62 3.4 2,612 3.4
Richmond upon Thames 132 1.3 30 1.3 3,124 5.1
Sutton 179 1.5 n.a. n.a. 844 1.6
Waltham Forest 462 2.3 121 3.8 2,520 4.0

Region 6: South East excluding London
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Bedfordshire
Luton 102 0.9 62 4.2 1,665 3.4
Mid Bedfordshire 26 0.3 n.a. n.a. 1,268 4.0
North Bedfordshire 327 4.0 133 6.8 2,440 6.0
South Bedfordshire 109 1.4 130 16.8 699 2.2
County—Berkshire
Bracknell 91 0.9 27 1.5 400 1.9
Newbury 57 0.7 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Reading 318 3.3 8 0.7 1,224 3.0
Slough 149 1.4 5 1.3 1,000 4.0
Windsor and Maidenhead 53 0.7 103 6.2 583 1.3
Wokingham 69 1.9 56 3.6 711 1.8
County—Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 80 0.7 n.a. n.a 1,386 3.6
Chiltern 107 2.1 n.a. n.a 0 0.0
Milton Keynes 129 1.8 331 2.3 n.a. n.a.
South Bucks 38 1.0 n.a. n.a n.a. n.a.
Wycombe 217 2.1 48 4.0 1,655 3.5
County—East Sussex
Brighton 143 1.3 71 4.9 2,991 5.8
Eastbourne 32 0.6 9 0.7 n.a. n.a.
Hastings 50 1.0 6 0.8 1,525 5.4
Hove 50 1.1 n.a. n.a 3,121 8.9
Lewes 64 1.5 6 0.7 1,264 4.3
Rother 100 2.5 3 0.6 952 3.0
Wealden 67 1.5 4 0.4 1,280 2.9
County—Essex
Basildon 77 1.3 294 1.8 n.a. n.a.
Braintree 173 1.5 n.a. n.a. 1,800 5.6
Brentwood 40 1.1 27 1.7 650 2.9
Castle Point 23 1.0 0 0.0 670 2.2
Chelmsford 294 3.0 81 7.0 0 0.0
Colchester 68 0.7 197 6.6 1,685 4.0
Epping Forest 224 2.4 41 7.6 1,153 3.2
Harlow 164 0.9 6 1.7 258 2.3
Maldon 10 0.4 11 3.1 466 2.7
Rochford 6 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Southend-on-Sea 73 0.9 0 0.0 2,392 4.1
Tendring 14 0.3 43 3.2 2,160 4.2
Thurrock 292 1.9 n.a n.a. 918 3.0
Uttlesford 35 0.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
County—Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 111 0.9 47 2.2 789 2.1
East Hampshire 71 1.4 131 12.7 840 2.7
Eastleigh 115 2.2 5 0.6 1,170 3.7
Fareham 19 0.6 50 12.5 735 2.3
Gosport 37 0.7 460 9.7 710 3.5
Hart 9 0.3 10 0.8 930 3.8
Havant 69 1.7 101 1.2 800 2.4
New Forest 38 0.5 31 2.6 2,290 4.1
Portsmouth 675 4.6 282 8.0 1,704 3.1
Rushmoor 115 2.1 344 10.7 815 4.1
Southampton 536 2.5 125 4.3 2,200 4.0
Test Valley 437 5.8 251 15.0 449 1.7
Winchester 92 1.4 32 2.8 1,230 4.1
County—Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 85 1.7 n.a. n.a. 952 4.0
Dacorum 237 1.5 35 2.0 928 2.8
East Hertfordshire 93 1.1 84 13.3 1,042 3.1
Hertsmere 90 1.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
North Hertfordshire 121 1.0 16 1.0 1,135 3.8
St. Albans 39 0.5 60 4.7 800 21
Stevenage 125 0.9 0 0.0 268 2.0
Three Rivers 120 2.0 50 4.6 486 2.2
Watford 55 0.9 3 0.7 0 0.0
Welwyn Hatfield 209 1.4 n.a. n.a. 825 4.0
Isle of Wight

Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Medina 25 0.8 106 10.7 769 3.0
South Wight 7 0.3 0 0.0 n.a. n.a.
County—Kent
Ashford 164 1.9 3 0.6 1,044 4.0
Canterbury 88 1.2 15 1.0 1,397 3.4
Dartford 116 1.7 23 3.4 686 3.2
Dover 104 1.3 39 1.8 1,563 4.9
Gillingham 75 1.7 n.a. n.a. 1,226 4.0
Gravesham 133 1.6 15 3.5 1,023 3.7
Maidstone 102 1.1 71 6.2 703 1.8
Rochester upon Medway 361 3.4 43 4.8 2,100 4.8
Sevenoaks 122 1.6 0 0.0 850 2.5
Shepway 27 0.6 43 4.0 1,145 3.4
Swale 78 0.9 n.a. n.a. 1,987 5.5
Thanet 42 0.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Tonbridge and Mailing 45 0.6 19 2.5 743 2.5
Tunbridge Wells 26 0.4 57 4.7 1,428 4.5
County—Oxfordshire
Cherwell 72 0.9 0 0.0 1,270 4.0
Oxford 160 1.9 14 1.1 1,281 4.6
South Oxfordshire 77 1.0 24 0.9 566 1.4
Vale of White Horse 76 1.2 38 2.0 492 1.6
West Oxfordshire 38 0.8 52 2.9 666 2.6
County—Surrey
Elmbridge 127 2.2 33 3.0 1,280 3.2
Epsom and Ewell 30 1.3 n.a. n.a. 540 2.3
Guildford 132 1.8 16 0.9 1,226 3.1
Mole Valley 21 0.5 42 5.1 900 3.6
Reigate and Banstead 128 1.8 71 3.8 1,034 2.9
Runnymede 32 0.7 12 1.7 830 3.5
Spelthorne 31 0.7 n.a. n.a. 0 0.0
Surrey Heath 35 1.0 138 13.7 1,057 4.4
Tandridge 36 0.9 35 7.0 268 1.1
Waverley 53 0.8 0 0.0 754 2.1
Woking 211 4.4 n.a. n.a. 499 1.8
County—West Sussex
Adur 31 0.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Arun 41 0.8 0 0.0 898 1.8
Chichester 64 0.9 42 3.7 n.a. n.a.
Crawley 119 1.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Horsham 52 0.8 5 0.5 893 2.6
Mid Sussex 32 0.6 n.a. n.a. 1,200 3.1
Worthing 28 0.9 11 0.9 1,700 4.5

Region 7: South West
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Avon
Bath 156 2.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Bristol 448 1.1 50 0.8 5,137 4.6
Kingswood 70 1.4 13 2.0 966 3.5
Northavon 64 1.1 66 8.5 1,024 2.7
Wansdyke 41 0.8 n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Woodspring 229 2.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
County—Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Caradon 16 0.3 0 0.0 1,438 5.6
Carrick 7 0.1 44 17.5 1,150 4.2
Kerrier 44 1.1 n.a. n.a. 1,198 4.0
North Cornwall 26 0.6 45 5.4 839 3.4
Penwith 49 1.2 5 3.5 1.311 6.0
Restormel 1 0.0 0 0.0 1,275 4.4
Isles of Scilly 4 2.8 1 100.0 n.a. n.a.
County—Devon
East Devon 60 1.0 47 8.0 1,153 2.7
Exeter 96 1.2 26 1.3 n.a. n.a.
Mid Devon 41 0.8 0 0.0 862 4.6

Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
North Devon 32 0.7 20 31 553 2.0
Plymouth 254 1.1 204 2.8 3,146 4.9
South Hams 37 0.9 0 0.0 1,161 4.2
Teignbridge 77 1.5 n.a. n.a. 1,360 3.7
Torbay 50 1.1 44 4.1 2,125 4.6
Torridge 12 0.5 0 0.0 400 2.2
West Devon 31 1.7 44 10.2 803 5.2
County—Dorset
Bournemouth 76 1.1 0 0.0 1,316 2.4
Christchurch 19 1.1 6 1.9 520 2.4
North Dorset 31 0.9 34 3.1 447 2.9
Poole 21 0.3 18 1.4 1,613 3.5
Purbeck 16 0.7 n.a. n.a. 820 5.5
West Dorset 32 0.5 n.a. n.a. 1,046 3.8
Weymouth and Portland 36 0.9 160 14.3 360 1.9
Wimbourne 15 0.6 n.a. n.a. 889 3.1
County—Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 59 0.9 20 1.9 1,826 6.4
Cotswold 27 0.5 2 0.2 1,700 7.3
Forest of Dean 42 0.8 n.a. n.a. 1,388 6.1
Gloucester 74 1.1 26 3.3 1,286 4.7
Stroud 98 1.3 n.a. n.a. 1,633 4.8
Tewkesbury 54 1.3 n.a. n.a. 813 3.0
County—Somerset
Mendip 37 0.6 n.a. n.a. 1,248 4.4
Sedgemoor 46 0.7 n.a. n.a. 1,151 3.8
South Somerset 62 0.5 153 18.2 2,065 4.8
Taunton Deane 43 0.5 67 7.8 1,307 4.8
West Somerset 19 0.9 n.a. n.a. 400 3.5
County—Wiltshire
Kennet 50 0.9 387 11.4 764 4.5
North Wiltshire 78 10 343 12.7 1,138 3.7
Salisbury 65 0.8 100 3.0 1,242 4.2
Thamesdown 294 2.0 27 1.3 1,966 4.1
West Wiltshire 96 1.4 41 3.2 1,251 4.0

Region 8: West Midlands
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 87 2.0 n.a. n.a. 581 2.3
Hereford 27 0.5 38 5.6 342 2.5
Leominster 18 0.9 9 7.0 636 4.8
Malvern Hills 116 2.1 n.a. n.a. 1,472 4.7
Redditch 210 2.1 6 1.2 443 2.6
South Herefordshire 5 0.2 0 0.0 836 5.1
Worcester 31 0.5 9 10 780 3.5
Wychavon 98 1.2 0 0.0 979 3.3
Wyre Forest 91 1.2 0 0.0 1,062 3.8
County—Shropshire
Bridgnorth 29 0.8 99 14.3 613 4.2
North Shropshire 14 0.4 n.a. n.a. 640 4.2
Oswestry 15 0.5 0 0.0 670 6.9
Shrewsbury and Atcham 60 0.8 59 8.8 936 3.4
South Shropshire 44 2.3 0 0.0 1,250 9.4
The Wrekin 208 1.9 560 5.8 1,465 5.1
County—Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 105 1.2 28 1.6 748 3.6
East Staffordshire 118 1.7 25 3.8 1,804 6.1
Lichfield 118 1.9 4 0.4 730 2.9
Newcastle-under-Lyme 189 1.5 79 6.8 1,096 3.2
South Staffordshire 88 1.4 22 2.5 848 2.7
Stafford 147 1.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Staffordshire Moorlands 46 1.1 n.a. n.a. 1,274 4.0
Stoke-on-Trent 521 1.8 144 4.7 3,655 5.4
Tamworth 355 4.6 1 0.1 596 3.7

Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County— Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 60 1.2 14 2.4 829 4.9
Nuneaton and Bedworth 171 1.8 26 1.4 1,108 3.5
Rugby 106 1.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Stratford-on-Avon 82 1.1 n.a. n.a. 992 3.0
Warwick 61 0.8 25 1.3 1,118 3.1
County—West Midlands
Birmingham 3,106 2.6 1,110 5.0 6,150 2.5
Coventry 957 3.8 91 2.1 3,370 3.7
Dudley 739 2.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Sandwell 2,485 4.5 90 3.3 2,772 4.5
Solihull 354 2.2 23 2.0 1,175 2.0
Walsall 929 2.4 43 1.8 1,100 1.9
Wolverhampton 1,926 4.9 160 4.8 1,846 3.3

Region 9: North West excluding Cumbria
Local Authority Local Authority Other Public plus Housing Association Private
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
County—Cheshire
Chester 116 1.4 78 6.9 1,547 4.3
Congleton 41 0.8 26 12.9 1,262 4.8
Crewe and Nantwich 205 2.4 30 4.6 1,529 5.0
Ellesmere Port and Neston 79 0.9 18 5.2 510 2.4
Halton 154 1.6 409 4.0 1,118 4.4
Macclesfield 223 2.6 22 0.7 2,250 4.7
Vale Royal 162 1.7 19 4.3 1,423 4.3
Warrington 276 2.1 251 4.5 2,170 4.3
County—Greater Manchester
Bolton 542 2.1 60 1.9 2,926 3.9
Bury 350 3.0 120 3.6 1,627 3.0
Manchester 4,939 6.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Oldham 1,419 5.5 61 2.5 n.a. n.a.
Rochdale 848 3.9 530 6.5 2,500 4.8
Salford 1,908 4.6 102 3.2 0 0.0
Stockport 365 2.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Tameside 455 2.2 208 3.2 2,761 4.7
Trafford 283 2.1 156 3.1 2,657 4.0
Wigan 577 1.7 104 7.6 3,200 3.8
County—Lancashire
Blackburn 362 2.6 97 6.0 2,555 6.5
Blackpool 154 2.1 0 0.0 1,590 2.9
Burnley 557 7.6 56 6.1 1,600 5.4
Chorley 97 2.2 119 7.8 1,598 5.4
Fylde 20 0.8 59 9.3 1,450 5.5
Hyndburn 206 4.5 37 8.0 1,415 5.3
Lancaster 86 1.6 n.a. n.a. 1,372 3.2
Pendle 97 1.9 25 8.0 1,340 4.5
Preston 305 2.8 173 4.9 2,091 5.7
Ribble Valley 28 1.5 0 0.0 896 5.3
Rossendale 196 3.3 47 10.2 1,525 7.6
South Ribble 72 1.7 16 0.6 1,340 4.4
West Lancashire 185 1.7 13 3.6 1,102 3.9
Wyre 56 1.4 0 0.0 1,131 3.2
County—Merseyside
Knowsley 368 1.4 20 1.8 1,202 3.9
Liverpool 7,704 11.9 1,177 6.3 5,159 4.5
St. Helens 251 1.2 61 2.3 2,393 5.1
Sefton 237 1.3 n.a. n.a. 6,438 7.0
Wirral 694 2.8 150 3.4 5,003 4.7
n.a. = Not available.

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