§ Mr. GroganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will estimate the number of empty housing units in the districts of(a) York and (b) Selby, in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997, (1) in total and (2) by sector. [30292]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe numbers of vacant local authority and housing associations dwellings in York and Selby on 1 April are as set out alongside the local authority's 17W estimates of private and other public sector vacant dwellings. The figures for all three years are based on the current boundaries for the authorities (ie as amended from 1 April 1996).
1995 1996 1997 York Local authority (1) 31 40 42 Housing association (2) 122 124 32 Other public sector (1) 96 94 74 Private sector (1) 1,696 2337 2,076 Total 1,845 2,495 2,224 Selby Local authority (1) 32 32 36 Housing association (2) 10 9 22 Other public sector (1) 0 114 114 Private sector (1) 752 288 134 Total 794 443 306 1 Estimate. Source:
(1) Annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP1) returns.
(2) Annual HAR 10/1 returns; the figures for 1995 and 1996 are estimates based on the reported data on pre-1 April 1996 boundaries, and figures on housing association vacants from the HIPI.