§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what change there was in the number of second homes owned between January 1995 and January 2000; and if he will make a statement; [115940]
(2) what estimate he has made of the change in the prevalence of second home ownership England and Wales over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years. [115939]
§ Mr. MullinThe following table shows estimates from the DETR Survey of English Housing of the number of second homes in England. Like all estimates from sample surveys, they are subject to a certain amount of random variation and are not precise to the level of detail shown. The change between one year and the next should not be regarded as a reliable estimate of longer term trends. Statistics on the number of second homes in Wales are incomplete. No projections of the number of second homes are made.
Second homes in England: 1994–95 to 1998–99 Thousand 1994–95 215 1995–96 185 1996–97 203 1997–98 224 1998–99 248 Note:
The table shows second homes in England owned or rented by households with their main residence also in England. It excludes second homes which are the main residence of another household, and those which the owners are intending to sell. Second homes may be either owned or rented.
Source:
1994–95 onwards—DETR Survey of English Housing