§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority dwellings were vacant at the most recent date for which figures are available in(a) Vale Royal and (b) Chester; how many had been vacant for over six months; and what where the figures represented as a percentage of stock.
§ Mrs. RoeThe information derived from the authorities' 1987 housing investment programme returns is as follows:
Vacant local authority dwellings at April 1987 Total vacant Percentage of stock Number vacant for more than six months Percentage of stock Chester 106 1.3 2 1— Vale Royal 136 1.4 1 1— 1 Less than 0.05 per cent.