HC Deb 11 April 2000 vol 348 c116W
Mr. Kemp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many council houses and properties owned by housing associations in the North-east have been empty for six months or more. [117975]

Mr. Mullin

The latest available information reported by local authorities to the Department indicates that on 1 April 1999 some 3,800 local authority owned dwellings (1.3 per cent. of total stock) in the North-east had been vacant for more than six months.

Equivalent figures are not available at regional level for stock owned by Registered Social Landlords.