§ Mr. Arnold Shawasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers of empty houses compulsorily purchased by the several local authorities in the Greater London area in the years 1973 and 1974.
§ Mr. KaufmanI understand that the numbers of empty dwellings included in confirmed compulsory purchase orders made because those dwellings were empty were:
Two authorities were unable to give figures in the time available. The figure was nil for the remainder.
1973 1974 Camden 1 37 Haringey 1 — Harrow — 2 Lambeth — 1 Sutton — 1 Wandsworth — 1 The figures exclude empty houses which may have been included in compulsory purchase orders for more general purposes such as clearance, development or improvement schemes.