§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to (a) how many and (b) what percentage of houses in (i) the public and (ii) the private sector in each local housing authority area are now empty.
§ Sir George YoungThe latest available information is from the local authorities' housing investment programme returns for 1 April 1985. The figures are:
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Local authority housing association Other public sector Private sector Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Sheffield 2,544 2.77 133 3.68 28 6.86 5,452 4.50 Bradford 1,835 4.86 219 4.42 60 10.00 5,217 3.96 Calderdale 786 4.94 10 0.61 — — 2,669 4.50 Kirklees 926 2.57 75 4.59 9 2.47 6,737 6.00 Leeds 1,207 1.30 100 1.44 20 6.67 6,030 3.28 Wakefield 546 1.21 11 1.08 283 11.18 1,840 2.59 Region 3—East Midlands Amber Valley 153 1.96 27 3.95 8 4.00 1,638 4.61 Bolsover 187 2.20 9 5.81 18 6.29 830 4.33 Chesterfield 200 1.45 35 8.97 12 3.00 1,235 5.00 Derby 579 2.74 110 3.00 4 1.11 3,561 5.85 Erewash 83 0.97 11 5.53 9 2.81 1,373 4.30 High Peak 84 1.34 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,556 6.26 North East Derbyshire 87 0.78 3 2.40 13 15.85 305 1.21 South Derbyshire 24 0.50 — — 10 3.42 617 2.94 West Derbyshire 13 0.31 — — — — 1,114 4.96 Blaby 9 0.27 — — 18 7.96 592 2.32 Charnwood 29 0.34 — — — — 1,545 3.51 Harborough 34 1.01 14 11.02 9 3.91 581 2.93 Hinckley and Bosworth 133 2.56 — — — — 1,003 3.42 Leicester 988 2.87 108 2.08 n.a. n.a. 3,851 5.60 Melton 24 0.85 — — 27 7.80 682 5.01 North West Leicestershire 109 1.79 5 0.63 3 17.24 1,125 4.80 Oadby and Wigston 28 1.49 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 319 1.85 Rutland 10 0.51 — — — — 350 3.97 Boston 25 0.42 — — — — 860 5.69 East Lindsey 46 0.76 — — 295 24.67 2,956 7.59 Lincoln 297 2.83 23 5.72 19 5.86 1,202 5.83 North Kesteven 40 0.76 — — 751 46.10 1,256 5.23 South Holland 17 0.30 — — — — 1,052 5.29 South Kesteven 164 1.76 2 0.42 80 8.49 1,782 6.06 West Lindsey 70 1.40 5 4.03 260 22.63 1,626 6.45 Corby 298 2.92 — — — — 300 3.23 Daventry 145 2.81 — — 10 9.43 534 3.00 East Northamptonshire 53 0.98 — — n.a. n.a. 705 3.51 Kettering 100 1.64 — — 15 8.88 889 3.99 Northampton 565 3.07 3 0.34 5 2.98 2,131 4.72 South Northamptonshire 24 0.51 — — 4 8.33 979 4.72 Wellingborough 126 1.79 6 1.44 — — 712 3.98 Ashfield 198 1.83 — — 42 5.61 1,066 3.60 Bassetlaw 243 2.38 — — n.a. n.a. 2,672 n.a. Broxtowe 112 1.63 1 0.18 12 4.62 806 2.43 Gedling 150 2.52 23 2.84 23 2.22 678 1.98 Mansfield 221 2.07 14 2.50 35 2.93 — — Newark and Snerwood 93 1.13 — — 68 2.97 1,140 3.79 Nottingham 1,069 2.33 323 6.36 44 9.91 3,635 6.14 Rushcliffe 69 1.52 — — 40 9.76 n.a. n.a. Region 4—Eastern Luton 100 0.81 — — 50 24.27 1,499 3.13 Mid Bedfordshire 49 0.60 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,234 4.00 North Bedfordshire 265 3.16 37 2.59 86 17.20 2,412 6.11 South Bedfordshire 77 0.94 n.a. n.a. — — n.a. n.a. Aylesbury Vale 78 0.69 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,351 3.59 Chiltern 42 0.81 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 416 1.47 Milton Keynes 191 2.74 — — 538 3.96 — — South Bucks 28 0.76 — — — — 487 2.46 Wycombe 108 1.04 16 2.96 27 3.55 1,634 3.56 Cambridge 203 1.86 7 0.43 10 5.26 1,099 4.00 East Cambridgeshire 28 0.55 — — 28 13.21 630 3.78 Fenland 38 0.68 — — n.a. n.a. 1,136 5.33 Huntingdonshire 47 0.53 5 0.82 119 7.23 1,883 5.00 Peterborough 230 2.32 11 0.48 535 7.17 2,172 6.10 South Cambridgeshire 49 0.62 2 0.43 27 2.27 1,698 5.00 Basildon 86 1.43 — — 359 2.22 378 1.06 Braintree 156 1.32 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,600 5.14 Brentwood 29 0.76 7 2.25 20 1.60 650 2.92 Castle Point 26 1.06 — — — — 750 2.51 Chelmsford 284 2.84 — — 20 4.94 n.a. n.a. Colchester 52 0.56 4 0.50 201 9.49 1,646 4.00 Epping Forest 237 2.45 14 3.23 4 2.92 1,163 3.26 Harlow 273 1.53 — — 6 6.06 242 2.28 Maldon 8 0.32 — — 3 3.23 534 3.21
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Local authority housing association Other public sector Private sector Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Rochford 15 0.57 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Southend-on-Sea 85 1.02 1 0.07 6 8.00 2,300 4.03 Tendring 16 0.36 — — 36 4.62 2,110 4.19 Thurrock 350 2.19 234 100.00 314 100.00 n.a. n.a. Uttlesford 30 0.72 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Broxbourne 180 3.46 n.a. n.a. 4 0.31 924 3.97 Dacorum 307 1.85 13 1.00 11 2.30 636 1.98 East Hertfordshire 137 1.56 — — 2 0.42 1,021 3.10 Hertsmere 217 2.67 5 1.50 n.a. n.a. 480 2.00 North Hertfordshire 62 0.52 12 1.02 4 0.97 1,112 3.88 St. Albans 29 0.36 2 0.29 27 4.40 804 2.18 Stevenage 116 0.82 — — — — 272 2.12 Three Rivers 102 1.64 5 2.98 45 5.43 516 2.39 Watford 55 0.85 — — 3 0.95 701 3.22 Welwyn Hatfield 183 1.21 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 790 4.00 Breckland 286 3.72 — — n.a. n.a. 2,220 7.04 Broadland 9 0.22 — — n.a. n.a. 1,056 3.04 Great Yarmouth 103 1.29 2 0.53 6 4.51 1,364 5.14 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 110 1.13 10 1.48 115 8.65 1,750 4.34 North Norfolk 46 0.73 — — 400 34.25 2,680 8.28 Norwich 628 2.67 34 1.62 3 2.31 1,040 3.90 South Norfolk 45 0.75 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,970 5.97 Babergh 56 1.06 — — n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Forest Heath 2 0.04 — — n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Ipswich 185 1.55 16 0.74 37 13.86 782 2.30 Mid Suffolk 37 0.75 — — 3 1.24 990 4.27 St. Edmundsbury 58 0.64 — — 30 2.75 n.a. n.a. Suffolk Coastal 75 1.23 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,085 3.10 Waveney 96 1.45 11 1.13 30 8.72 1,656 4.68 Region 5—Greater London Greater London Council 2,137 4.89 * * * * * * City of London 7 0.41 — — — — — — Barking and Dagenham 511 1.54 n.a. n.a. 6 1.89 720 2.87 Barnet 302 1.69 n.a. n.a. 50 1.69 n.a. n.a. Bexley 157 1.39 53 3.00 52 1.54 3,352 5.10 Brent 825 3.82 327 5.36 25 5.00 3,050 4.69 Bromley 212 1.25 133 3.06 n.a. n.a. 3,225 3.31 Camden 1,247 3.68 180 3.46 32 13.17 4,000 9.17 Croydon 286 1.41 106 3.32 11 23.91 3,297 3.30 Ealing 363 1.79 370 8.22 5 2.23 2,000 2.50 Enfield 472 2.37 n.a. n.a. 60 6.71 2,284 2.90 Greenwich 1,058 2.86 142 4.42 185 4.91 2,081 4.88 Hackney 3,185 6.95 480 6.15 97 27.48 2,358 10.46 Hammersmith and Fulham 679 3.58 659 7.59 43 19.55 4,882 11.77 Haringey 971 4.02 244 4.36 4 1.53 3.244 6.25 Harrow 159 1.85 46 5.04 47 7.93 1,245 1.89 Havering 336 2.00 52 4.32 12 5.00 1,644 2.30 Hillingdon 312 1.65 26 1.97 48 2.00 2,800 4.00 Hounslow 326 1.60 40 1.44 11 1.50 2,630 4.70 Islington 2,586 6.29 392 5.50 118 7.72 3,200 12.85 Kensington and Chelsea 343 3.86 828 7.31 47 18.01 8,080 15.15 Kingston upon Thames 119 1.78 26 2.92 18 2.91 1,363 2.90 Lambeth 1,729 3.54 375 4.97 300 16.39 3,610 7.17 Lewisham 2,228 5.28 325 5.83 18 16.67 2,542 5.24 Merton 260 1.98 20 1.45 95 26.91 2,810 5.30 Newham 2,173 6.99 332 9.03 38 22.22 2,400 5.01 Redbridge 275 2.42 39 3.45 20 3.51 2,581 3.45 Richmond upon Thames 154 1.69 33 1.68 5 1.84 3,028 5.05 Southwark 3,203 5.13 300 4.55 200 15.38 1,550 6.60 Sutton 212 1.76 14 0.67 11 2.78 873 1.67 Tower Hamlets 1,534 8.22 228 5.01 1,321 4.26 405 5.00 Waltham Forest 551 2.67 110 4.23 24 4.00 2,500 3.99 Wandsworth 1,887 4.84 201 3.01 34 6.94 2,800 4.46 Westminster 839 3.62 384 4.41 108 11.36 7,500 10.89 Region 6—South Eastern Bracknell 98 0.93 16 1.61 2 0.26 350 1.70 Newbury 53 0.66 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Reading 291 2.96 1 0.11 20 8.30 1,188 3.05 Slough 169 1.56 — — n.a. n.a. 450 1.83 Windsor and Maidenhead 67 0.87 2 0.33 100 9.62 596 1.39 Wokingham 40 1.10 5 1.11 29 2.58 736 1.86
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Local authority housing association Other public sector Private sector Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Brighton 152 1.34 36 3.42 6 1.63 2,989 5.89 Eastbourne 17 0.33 10 0.79 2 3.12 — — Hastings 42 0.85 24 4.67 5 4.39 1,305 4.70 Hove 128 2.80 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a 3,124 8.96 Lewes 61 1.37 5 0.77 31 8.45 1,234 4.30 Rother 72 1.76 3 0.83 7 4.29 600 1.94 Wealden 10 0.23 1 0.15 6 2.28 1,338 3.03 Basingstoke and Deane 158 1.30 — — n.a. n.a. 750 2.10 East Hampshire 31 0.62 3 0.93 82 11.48 820 2.69 Eastleigh 105 1.97 3 0.47 — — 1,220 3.91 Fareham 29 0.83 6 4.00 9 2.83 716 2.32 Gosport 38 0.66 6 0.72 300 7.69 696 3.50 Hart 8 0.28 — — — — 932 3.91 Havant 42 1.05 3 2.22 70 0.83 800 2.48 New Forest 28 0.39 3 0.63 64 9.25 2,233 4.07 Portsmouth 360 2.40 80 3.91 181 10.65 2,477 4.60 Rushmoor 100 1.80 20 3.72 297 10.72 804 4.20 Southampton 276 1.26 75 3.26 35 10.26 2,150 3.89 Test Valley 560 7.36 2 0.42 224 18.64 748 2.95 Winchester 106 1.54 10 1.92 15 4.05 1,210 4.10 Medina 79 2.40 — — 380 57.40 441 1.77 South Wight 5 0.21 — — — — 600 3.12 Ashford 232 2.61 — — 6 3.68 1,153 4.52 Canterbury 90 1.23 6 0.92 10 1.89 1,374 3.41 Dartford 90 1.33 8 1.78 43 19.72 682 3.19 Dover 112 1.41 12 2.16 16 1.23 1,200 3.97 Gillingham 85 1.86 5 3.14 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Gravesham 160 1.92 3 1.03 18 18.18 820 3.07 Maidstone 40 0.45 2 0.57 4 10.19 — — Rochester upon Medway 563 5.04 30 5.12 21 6.77 2,357 5.49 Sevenoaks 108 1.40 — — — — 1,001 3.05 Shepway 35 0.76 — — 52 8.75 1,563 4.88 Swale 98 1.14 n.a. n.a. 35 11.4 1,024 2.92 Thanet 105 1.40 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Tonbridge and Malling 167 2.32 10 1.91 44 13.50 727 2.50 Tunbridge Wells 36 0.55 4 0.35 31 11.61 1,400 4.55 Cherwell 55 0.65 — — — — 1,520 4.97 Oxford 160 1.88 5 0.52 15 3.90 1,270 4.60 South Oxfordshire 77 0.99 2 0.68 22 0.97 1,227 3.10 Vale of White Horse 33 0.51 5 1.83 34 2.00 800 2.65 West Oxfordshire 20 0.39 1 0.36 177 11.19 695 2.73 Elmbridge 193 3.17 25 3.05 8 2.97 1,201 3.09 Epsom and Ewell 19 0.77 — — n.a. n.a. 545 2.40 Guildford 125 1.65 5 0.66 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Mole Valley 14 0.30 2 0.43 42 11.63 925 3.79 Reigate and Banstead 86 1.16 6 0.74 53 4.62 965 2.75 Runnymede 31 0.70 — — 11 2.28 830 3.55 Spelthorne 43 0.93 n.a. n.a. 21 5.60 778 2.63 Surrey Heath 19 0.52 17 10.49 139 15.96 1,031 4.42 Tandridge 64 1.51 — — 31 10.73 742 3.16 Waverley 53 0.76 — — — — 1,125 3.19 Woking 114 2.33 15 2.37 74 15.42 1,191 4.42 Adur 41 1.01 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Arun 112 2.04 — — — — 2,025 4.08 Chichester 37 0.51 4 0.70 30 5.29 n.a. n.a. Crawley 68 0.55 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 174 0.96 Horsham 18 0.29 16 1.94 — — 1,000 2.94 Mid Sussex 40 0.80 10 1.11 30 3.55 1,299 3.47 Worthing 31 0.99 4 0.41 5 1.75 1,675 4.48 Region 7—South West Bath 108 1.41 — — n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Bristol 370 0.88 50 1.05 — — 5,137 4.61 Kingswood 67 1.28 3 0.57 10 8.77 649 2.39 Northavon 43 0.72 — — 65 25.00 1,080 2.89 Wansdyke 22 0.40 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Woodspring 193 2.16 — — n.a. n.a. 1,500 2.75 Caradon 15 0.33 — — — — 1,418 5.64 Carrick 32 0.60 4 2.19 41 17.30 1,178 4.42 Kerrier 25 0.60 — — n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. North Cornwall 36 0.79 5 1.93 53 9.04 998 4.11 Penwith 29 0.73 — — 5 11.36 1,000 4.79 Restormel 5 0.11 — — — — 1,260 4.44 Isles of Scilly 1 0.68 — — — — — —
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Local authority housing association Other public sector Private sector Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock East Devon 60 1.00 — — 47 9.22 1.192 2.93 Exeter 84 1.02 14 0.91 26 7.22 502 1.85 Mid Devon 39 0.79 2 0.75 1 0.96 862 4.65 North Devon 12 0.28 — — 5 1 37 532 1.87 Plymouth 408 1.82 70 2.43 135 3.00 2.947 4.66 South Hams 29 0.71 — — 8 3.28 1,269 4.76 Teignbridge 103 1.90 n.a. n.a. 1,308 3.66 Torbay 42 0.92 9 1.03 26 13.20 2,107 4 67 Torridge 19 0.74 1 1.79 27 36.99 386 2 19 West Devon 11 0.57 — — 50 14.71 800 5.23 Bournemouth 54 0.81 — — — 1,213 2.19 Christchurch 18 1.01 — — 7 6.36 417 2.58 North Dorset 46 1.33 5 1.86 27 3.39 520 3.43 Poole 18 0.27 1 0.11 39 9.61 1,842 4.12 Purbeck 18 0.78 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 806 5.55 West Dorset 27 0.44 — — n.a. n.a. 1,040 3.87 Weymouth and Portland 62 1.54 2 1.06 140 15.10 340 1.94 Wimborne 5 0.20 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 838 3.05 Cheltenham 39 0.58 10 1.01 5 7.69 1.846 6.63 Cotswold 46 0.87 1 0.22 250 n.a. 1,600 7.27 Forest of Dean 32 0.59 — — n.a. n.a. 1,340 5.98 Gloucester 85 1.29 4 0.78 15 4.89 1,027 3.83 Stroud 92 1.22 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,613 4.89 Tewkesbury 40 0.94 n.a. n.a. 48 3.84 802 3.00 Mendip 54 0.81 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,019 3.66 Sedgemoor 39 0.58 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,125 3.80 South Somerset 30 0.25 — — 111 15.02 2,120 5.06 Taunton Deane 40 0.46 4 0.78 30 7.87 1,326 5.03 West Somerset 16 0.75 — — n.a. n.a. 280 2.52 Kennet 48 0.81 — — 500 15.11 785 4.74 North Wiltshire 93 1.20 — — 379 16.82 1,477 4.90 Salisbury 96 1.14 — — 420 13.95 1,494 5.31 Thamesdown 219 1.52 17 1.11 9 2.05 1,533 3.30 West Wiltshire 79 1.10 4 0.92 42 4.60 1,201 4.02 Region 8—West Midlands Bromsgrove 69 1.49 n.a. n.a. 28 0.95 581 2.38 Hereford 22 0.43 — — 36 14.06 330 2.45 Leominster 20 0.95 n.a. n.a. 8 16.00 614 4.73 Malvern hills 128 2.26 6 2.55 n.a. n.a. 1,496 4.83 Redditch 188 1.85 20 4.12 2 4.44 566 3.39 South Herefordshire 6 0.25 — — — — 890 5.60 Worcester 25 0.38 11 1.40 4 2.35 697 3.18 Wychavon 77 0.93 — — — — 1.099 3.89 Wyre Forest 110 1.39 9 5.63 — — 1,056 3.82 Bridgnorth 40 1.11 — — — — 717 4.87 North Shropshire 16 0.44 5 3.23 n.a. n.a. 751 5.00 Oswestry 2 0.07 — — — — 350 3.67 Shrewsbury and Atcham 88 1.22 7 2.85 45 10.42 926 3.35 South Shropshire 24 1.25 — — — — 1,246 9.47 The Wrekin 217 1.91 — — 644 6.61 425 1.70 Cannock Chase 79 0.89 — — 7 0.59 766 3.72 East Staffordshire 123 1.73 21 5.05 6 2.96 1,775 6.03 Lichfield 121 1.90 6 1.40 4 0.71 750 2.95 Newcastle.under.Lyme 204 1.65 28 5.76 13 2.32 1,044 3.10 South Staffordshire 52 0.79 20 3.51 11 3.57 1,039 3.43 Stafford 148 1.75 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Staffordshire Moorlands 26 0.61 3 2.33 n.a. n.a. 1,000 3.16 Stoke-on-Trent 535 1.83 127 4.31 66 12.00 3,186 4.70 Tamworth 323 4.11 2 0.27 — — 616 3.90 North Warwickshire 41 0.84 — — 11 2.38 813 4.84 Nuneaton and Bedworth 182 1.93 13 1.94 12 0.97 1,120 3.57 Rugby 85 1.51 9 0.80 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Stratford-on-Avon 94 1.25 — — 6 0.77 872 2.73 Warwick 122 1.51 19 1.13 30 10.45 1,182 3.37 Birmingham 2,805 2.81 880 4.84 70 3.50 5,580 2.26 Coventry 1,028 4.03 104 2.74 20 5.75 3,478 3.83 Dudley 734 1.99 7 0.31 45 7.40 2,900 3.72 Sandwell 2,267 4.04 80 3.62 10 2.86 1,843 3.03 Solihull 438 2.63 23 1.97 3 1.95 1,139 2.00 Walsall 851 2.20 40 1.70 3 2.83 1,038 1.86 Wolverhampton 1,903 4.71 137 5.90 38 4.64 1,848 3.41
Local authority housing association Other public sector Private sector Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Number Percentage of stock Region 9—North West (including Chester 107 1.23 10 2.13 44 6.89 1,523 4.25 Congleton 34 0.65 — — 13 16.25 732 2.80 Crewe and Nantwich 194 2.25 11 4.09 16 4.27 1,511 5.00 Ellesmere Port and Neston 89 0.99 12 4.48 — — 522 2.48 Halton 157 1.59 12 1.01 626 7.29 948 3.72 Macclesfield 156 1.81 3 0.47 20 0.86 2,300 4.89 Vale Royal 155 1.55 — — 23 13.14 1,416 4.34 Warrington 267 2.02 24 2.34 208 4.34 2,123 4.35 Allerdale 95 1.45 130 2.53 11 4.00 1,589 6.00 Barrow-in-Furness 84 1.73 7 4.58 11 6.75 841 3.52 Carlisle 329 2.66 20 4.18 32 5.02 1,536 6.00 Copeland 158 2.41 62 1.81 10 2.89 986 5.70 Eden 31 1.18 — — n.a. n.a. 1,061 7.09 South Lakeland 34 0.58 n.a. n.a. 10 6.67 1,034 2.99 Blackburn 418 2.97 51 3.73 3 6.38 2,817 7.64 Blackpool 179 2.40 — — — — 1,581 2.91 Burnley 600 8.17 80 9.84 1 1.14 1,691 5.75 Chorley 73 1.66 45 10.87 167 11.36 1,357 4.69 Fylde 22 0.84 2 1.52 39 7.69 4,550 17.44 Hyndburn 117 2.52 36 9.60 — — 1,522 5.67 Lancaster 43 0.76 — — — — 1,499 3.51 Pendle 162 3.08 20 5.48 — — 1,598 5.40 Preston 459 4.00 132 8.56 114 5.10 1,885 5.29 Ribble Valley 22 1.17 — — — — 890 5.26 Rossendale 200 3.30 60 15.54 — — 2,089 10.70 South Ribble 158 3.70 — — 93 4.30 1,030 3.39 West Lancashire 285 2.52 — — 20 13.16 1,226 4.34 Wyre 35 0.87 10 29.41 — — 1,122 3.17 Bolton 473 1.81 44 1.96 — — 2,796 3.74 Bury 328 2.80 30 1.78 30 1.85 1,585 2.99 Manchester 4,767 5.89 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 6,600 7.05 Oldham 1,339 5.10 57 2.57 — — n.a. n.a. Rochdale 889 4.07 60 3.31 240 3.93 2,500 4.88 Salford 1,822 4.29 127 3.34 — — n.a. n.a. Stockport 281 1.69 59 1.98 23 1.17 2,141 2.33 Tameside 592 2.78 69 4.56 170 3.63 2,820 4.85 Trafford 256 1.78 18 1.39 126 3.50 2,629 3.96 Wigan 543 1.60 67 6.36 57 24.36 3,177 3.83 Knowsley 405 1.53 — — 20 10.00 1,371 4.51 Liverpool 2,509 3.95 975 5.59 60 25.32 6,148 5.41 St. Helens 257 1.26 71 3.41 14 2.53 2,026 4.32 Sefton 328 1.80 163 3.51 n.a. n.a. 6,239 6.87 Wirral 694 2.78 156 3.72 — — 4,515 4.27 n.a. = Not available. * Not applicable.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on (a) how many and (b) what percentage of homes in (i) the public and (ii) the private sectors in England and Wales are now empty.
§ Sir George YoungThe latest available information for England is from the local authorities' housing investment programme returns for April 1985 and it was given in answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) on 19 December 1985 at column263. For information on housing in Wales, I refer the hon. and learned Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.