HC Deb 25 February 1999 vol 326 cc402-3W
Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of(a) the number of new house building starts to be made in 1999–2000 by (i) private developers, (ii) registered social landlords and (iii) local authorities and (b) the number of existing empty homes to be brought back into use in 1999–2000 by (x) private owners, (y) registered social landlords and (z) local authorities. [72318]

Mr. Raynsford

The estimate of the number of existing empty local authority homes in England that local authorities propose to bring back into use in 1999–2000 is in preparation.

The Department does not forecast new housebuilding starts, nor the number of empty dwellings that will be brought back into use for other tenures.