HC Deb 05 July 1989 vol 156 c180W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in theOfficial Report, the 30 local authorities in England with the largest number of council-owned properties vacant, at the most recent date, with the number in each case.

Mr. Trippier

Based on local authorities' housing investment programme returns for April 1988, the list is as follows:

Number vacant
(1) Liverpool 5,416
(2) Manchester 5,166
(3) Sandwell 3,062
(4) Sheffield 2,856
(5) Hackney 2,692
(6) Tower Hamlets 2,526
(7) Birmingham 2,339
(8) Sunderland 2,106
(9) Salford 1,993
(10) Newham 1,961
(11) Southwark 1,910
(12) Wolverhampton 1,737
(13) Newcastle upon Tyne 1,651
(14) Leeds 1,486
(15) Islington 1,403
(16) Kirklees 1,402
(17) Bradford 1,262
(18) Leicester 1,220
(19) Lambeth 1,156
(20) Oldham 1,129
(21) Rochdale 1,062
(22) Kingston upon Hull 1,019
(23) Nottingham 1,016
(24) Wandsworth 994
(25) North Tyneside 991
(26) Walsall 986
(27) Gateshead 949
(28) Lewisham 943
(29) Dudley 928
(30) Greenwich 911