§ 35. Mr. Hazellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the total number of houses in rural authority areas in England and Wales that are empty, the number of these that are farm service houses, and the total numbers in each category that have been vacant for over three months.
§ Mr. MacCollComprehensive data on vacant dwellings were last collected through the 1966 Sample Census of Population and Housing, but figures for all rural districts in England and Wales are not yet available. Figures are available for some counties. For example, in all rural districts in Norfolk some 6,700 dwellings, or under 6 per cent. of the total, were vacant in April, 1966.
I am afraid we have no information about vacant farm service houses or about the duration of such vacancies.