§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on trends in the number of empty(a) local authority homes, (b) private homes, (c) Government properties containing residential accommodation and (d) flats above shops in each of the last 12 years. [32332]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsThe number of vacant dwellings owned by local authorities in each of the last 12 years is shown in the table, along with the other available information from 1994. The number of unoccupied homes owned privately is not collected centrally. Unoccupied 619W homes owned by Government Departments other than the Welsh Office are not disaggregated for Wales. Statistics are not collected centrally on empty flats above shops.
Vacant dwellings2 Local Authority Welsh Office National Health Service in Wales 1986 2,928 1— 1— 1987 3,329 1— 1— 1988 3,189 1— 1— 1989 2,952 1— 1— 1990 3,023 1— 1— 1991 2,430 1— 1— 1992 2,034 1— 1— 1993 2,028 1— 1— 1994 2,339 23 20 1995 2,774 40 22 19963 3,489 38 12 19973 4,722 33 1— 1 Not available. 2 At 1 April. 3 Local authority vacant dwellings at 31 March.