Void Dwelling Units

HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc373-4W

Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the most recent estimate of the number of void dwelling units which fall below the minimum tolerable standards in the ownership of(a) Government agencies or Departments, (b) local authorities, (c) private landlords and (d) housing associations.

Mr. Yeo

The information is not available centrally in the form requested.

Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the most recent estimate of the number of void dwelling units in the ownership of(a) Government agencies or Departments, (b) local authorities, (c) private landlords and (d) housing associations; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Yeo

I refer the hon. Member to the answer my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning gave to the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Mr. Soley) on 28 February 1991,Official Report, columns 589–91.