HC Deb 04 February 1992 vol 203 c141W
Mr. Arbuthnot

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 20 local authorities which have the highest proportion of empty council homes.

Mr. Mans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 20 local authorities which have the largest number of empty council homes.

Mr. Yeo

Local authorities reporting the highest percentage of their stock empty in their housing investment programme returns for April 1991 were: Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Burnley, Brent, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Knowsley, Newcastle upon Tyne, Wolverhampton, Easington, Southwark, Newham, Carlisle, Oldham, Sheffield, North Tyneside, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees and Rother. Other authorities have higher numbers of empty houses and flats than some in this list but when account is taken of the size of stock their percentage vacancy rates are lower.