§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what means are available to him for ascertaining the number of empty dwellings in England and Wales; and how the figures are determined.
§ Mr. ChannonThe census provides the only comprehensive information available about vacant housing. Accommodation is recorded in the census as vacant if no one was present on census night unless it was either usually or occasionally occupied by a household which was absent on census night.