HC Deb 21 March 1990 vol 169 c678W
85. Mr. Riddick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses currently stand empty within Kirklees council's boundaries; and what is the current level of council house rent arrears.

Mr. Chope

The latest available information on empty council dwellings was provided by Kirklees metropolitan borough council in its April 1989 housing investment programme return (HIP1), a copy of which is in the Library.

The arrears of rent reported by Kirklees on its housing subsidy claim form at the end of March 1989 were £1.7 million.