§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the total number of residential properties owned by his Department, (b) the number of such properties which are empty and (c), (b) as a percentage of (a).
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 11 January 1993]: Property Holdings, part of the Department of the Environment, owns and manages 93 residential properties, as distinct from those held and managed by other Departments as part of their departmental estate. Of this total, 17 (18.3 per cent.) are empty.