HC Deb 14 February 1969 vol 777 c406W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will list, by their areas, the approximate numbers of empty houses of which he has official knowledge.

Mr. MacColl

The number of dwellings recorded as unoccupied in the Sample Census of April, 1966, is available for each local authority in England and Wales with a population of 15,000 or more, in the published reports for the counties. The Census post-enumeration survey showed that there had been some over-counting of vacant housing but local figures cannot be adjusted. No later official estimates are available.

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