§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a league table of councils' efficiency in letting council houses.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesOn 11 January, I said, in response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Ayr (Mr. Gallie),Official Report, column 134, that I was placing in the Library a list of local authorities ranked on the basis of numbers of management vacants as at 1 April 1994.
The Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales requires local authorities to publish information annually about the number and percentage of dwellings that are empty and the average time taken to relet dwellings available for letting or awaiting minor repairs. The commission will publish comparative data for 1993–1994 at the end of March this year.