§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the figures for empty properties by tenure for each London borough annually since 1979.
§ Mr. YeoLocal authorities report the number of their own dwellings which were empty at 1 April, and estimates the number of empty dwellings owned by other public sector bodies, housing associations and the private sector, in their annual housing investment programme returns (HIP1). The available figures for London boroughs appear in the "HIP1 All Items Print" for each year since 1979, at the column references shown as follows:
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Notes: 1 Other public sector includes dwellings owned by other boroughs, the GLC (up to 1985), government departments and other public sector agencies. 2 For 1979 and 1980 there were separate estimates for local authority funded housing association dwellings and others. Copies of all the documents are in the Library.