HC Deb 24 April 1936 vol 311 c441W
Mr. DAY

asked the Minister of Health whether he has any statistics that will show the number of houses or flats, occupied or unoccupied, in England and Wales at the last convenient date; and will he give the figures?

Sir K. WOOD

The latest available figures are those of the 1931 Census, namely:

England and Wales, Census 1931.
Total dwellings occupied 9,123,279
Dwellings wholly vacant—
Furnished 115,096
Other 161,160
Total dwellings occupied and vacant 9,399,535