HC Deb 21 January 1994 vol 235 c869W
Mr. Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the figures for council house voids, as a percentage of its total housing stock, submitted to his Department by Westminster city council for each year since 1985.

Sir George Young

The percentage of their own dwellings that Westminster city council reported on its annual housing investment programme—HIP1—returns as vacant at 1 April in the years 1985 to 1993 were as follows:

Per cent.
1985 3.6
1986 3.2
1987 2.8
1988 4.0
1989 5.6
1990 3.4
1991 2.9
1992 1.8
1993 2.0

Mr. Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, with appropriate dates, the chief housing officers and the housing committee chairmen who have served on the City of Westminster council since 1 April 1985.

Sir George Young

This is a matter for Westminster city council.