HC Deb 21 January 1976 vol 903 cc459-60W
Mr. Raison

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many unlet houses there were in the new towns of England and Wales on 30th September 1975.

Mr. John Silkin

At 30th September 1975 development corporations in England and Wales and the Commission for the New Towns had a total of 363 dwellings vacant and available for letting. This represents about a quarter of 1 per cent. of their total rented housing stock.