§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of empty houses in his Department's ownership; and if he will list them by local authority.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe numbers of vacant service and civilian houses at the end of July 1985 were:
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Number Service 14,235 Civilian 397 These figures cannot be broken down by local authority without disproportionate effort. However, details are available of service vacancies by standard economic region:
Number Northern - 132 Yorkshire -1,413 East Midlands -1,479 East Anglia - 643 South East -5,563 South West -2,485 West Midlands - 562 North West - 143 Wales - 321 Scotland -1,205 Northern Ireland - 289