§ 42. Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest available figure for the number of council houses which have been empty for more than six months.
§ Mr. WaldegraveEnglish local authorities provided information on the number of their dwellings vacant for more than six months, for the first time in their housing investment programme returns for April 1987. It is estimated that there were then about 44,000 such dwellings.