§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the total number of unoccupied houses in England and Wales; and how many of these are awaiting sale or letting.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe latest available information on vacant dwellings is from the 1971 Census of Population when 675,880 dwellings in England and Wales were recorded as "vacant on Census night". It is not known how many of these were awaiting sale or letting.