HC Deb 11 March 1999 vol 327 c355W
Ms Kelly

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proportion of local authority properties are void in (i) Bolton, (ii) the North West and (iii) England. [75636]

Mr. Raynsford

The proportion of local authority dwellings which were reported as void on 1 April 1998 was 1.8 per cent. in Bolton, 3.7 per cent., in the North West region and 2.5 per cent. in England.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the numbers of void social housing properties by housing authority in England and Wales. [75540]

Mr. Raynsford

[holding answer 9 March 1999]I have placed the information requested in the form of a table in the Library. The table presents the latest information on the number of vacant dwellings owned by each local housing authority in England, as reported by them at 1 April 1998, and gives equivalent estimates for stock owned by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in those districts at 31 March 1998. The latter are based on information supplied by RSLs to the Housing Corporation.

Corresponding information for Welsh housing authorities is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.