HC Deb 07 July 1997 vol 297 cc333-4W
Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the numbers of publicly owned derelict house in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. [5719]

Mr. Raynsford

[holding answer 2 July 1997]: The information requested is not available in the form requested. The only indication we have of the number of derelict local authority dwellings is at the national level from the 1991 English House Condition Survey. This estimated 20,000 local authority dwellings to be derelict which represents 18 per cent. of the local authority vacant stock.