HC Deb 20 May 2002 vol 386 c117W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many affordable

Table 1: Number of LA and RSL empty homes in England which are in rural areas by region
Region 1 April: 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 19931 1992
North-east 3,500 3,000 2,800 2,600 2,200 2,200 2,100 1,900 1,700 2,000
North-west 2,400 2,200 2,000 1,700 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 1,100 1,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,100 1,400 1,100 1,000 800 600 600 600 700 600
East Midlands 1,100 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 900 800 800 600
West Midlands 700 900 700 800 700 700 600 600 500 500
East of England 1,300 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,600 1,200 1,300 1,700 1,200
London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South-east 1,300 1,500 1,900 1,700 1,700 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,800 1,200
South-west 1,300 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,600 1,500 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,000
England 12,700 13,400 12,700 11,900 11,300 10,600 9,200 8,800 9,700 8,100
1 Figures for 1993 are unusually high due to many dwellings bought by RSLs towards the end of the financial year (1992–93) under the Housing Market Package.

Table 2: Total number of LA and RSL empty homes in England by region
Region 1 April: 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 19931 1992
North-east 12,100 12,100 11,400 11,100 10,100 9,400 8,500 7,600 7,700 8,500
North-west 31,500 30,100 26,500 24,500 21,100 19,100 17,100 16,300 19,400 20,500
Yorkshire and Humberside 17,500 17,800 16,600 15,300 14,200 11,800 10,000 10,100 9,900 9,200
East Midlands 8,600 8,700 7,600 7,100 7,300 7,300 5,700 5,300 5,700 4,800
West Midlands 16,100 17,200 14,200 13,200 11,900 10,900 9,600 9,000 9,400 8,800
East of England 5,600 5,900 5,900 5,600 6,000 5,800 5,300 5,400 6,500 4,800
London 18,800 20,200 21,700 22,100 25,100 27,300 26,300 26,600 27,100 23,700
South-east 6,800 7,200 7,600 7,300 7,700 7,200 6,200 6,400 8,000 5,800
South-west 4,600 5,500 5,100 4,700 4,500 4,300 3,900 3,800 3,800 3,500
England 121,600 124,700 116,600 110,900 107,900 103,100 92,600 90,500 97,500 89,600
1 Figures for 1993 are unusually high due to many dwellings bought by RSLs towards the end of the financial year (1992–93) under the Housing Market Package.

Note:

Figures rounded to the nearest 100

Sources:

For Table 1 and Table 2: DTLR's annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns and the Housing Corporation's annual HAR 10 and Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR)