§ Mr. BowisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the latest figures for vacant local authority dwellings for(a) England, (b) London and (c) each London borough; and how many in each case were available for letting, awaiting minor repairs, awaiting major repairs, awaiting sale, awaiting demolition or occupied by squatters.
Mr. BaldreyLocal authorities report the number of their own dwellings which are empty in their annual housing investment programme (HIP1) returns.
The latest available figures, which are provisional at this stage, are for April 1992 and appear in columns A198, 574W total vacant; A191, available for letting; A192, awaiting minor repairs; A193 and A194, awaiting major repairs; A195, awaiting sale; A196, awaiting demolition; and A20, dwellings in unlicensed occupation, of the "1992 HIP1 All Items Print", a copy of which is in the Library.