§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many second homes there are in England, Wales and Scotland, respectively.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe available estimates are:
No. of second dwellings: March 1978 England 120,000 Scotland & Wales 25,000 Source: Audits of Great Britain Ltd. The estimates are based on a sample of households and are therefore subject to large sampling error. The samples in Scotland and Wales are too small to provide reliable estimates for the separate countries.