HC Deb 23 July 2002 vol 389 cc1003-6W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many empty homes there are(a) in England and (b) in each county or metropolitan district; and what each represents as percentage of housing stock. [72282]

Mr. McNulty

The number of empty homes in England at 1 April 2001 (latest data available) was 755,100. This figure represents 3.5 per cent. of all housing stock.

The number of empty homes in each county, unitary or metropolitan district at 1 April 2001 is shown in the table. Also given is the percentage of housing stock the vacant dwellings represent.

Region/county/local authority Total number of vacant dwellings Percentage of stock vacant
North East
Metropolitan districts
Gateshead 3,220 3.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 3,767 3.1
North Tyneside 3,814 4.2
South Tyneside 2,578 3.8
Sunderland 4,934 4.0
Unitary authorities
Hartlepool 1,708 4.3
Middlesbrough 1,977 3.4
Redcar and Cleveland 2,822 4.6
Stockton-on-Tees 3,046 4.0
Darlington 2,095 4.8
Counties
County Durham 11,341 5.1
Northumberland 1 1
North West
Metropolitan districts
Bolton 4,643 4.1
Bury 1,299 1.6
Manchester 17,081 8.8
Oldham 3,362 3.6
Rochdale 4,817 5.4
Salford 5,543 5.5
Stockport 4,255 3.5
Tameside 1 1
Trafford 2,386 2.6
Wigan 5,146 3.9
Knowsley 2,700 4.0
Liverpool 18,734 9.1
Sefton 4,433 3.6
St. Helens 1 1
Wirral 6,493 4.6
Unitary authorities
Halton 1,842 3.6
Warrington 1,425 1.8
Blackburn with Darwen 4,374 7.5
Blackpool 3,498 5.2
Counties
Cheshire 1 1
Cumbria 8,540 3.8
Lancashire 23,462 4.7
Yorkshire and Humberside
Metropolitan districts
Barnsley 4,602 4.8
Doncaster 6,086 4.7
Rotherham 1 1
Sheffield 11,980 5.3
Bradford 9,980 5.0
Calderdale 5,382 6.1

Region/county/local authority Total number of vacant dwellings Percentage of stock vacant
Kirklees 5,798 3.5
Leeds 14,338 4.6
Wakefield 5,197 3.8
Unitary authorities
East Riding of Yorkshire 4,516 3.3
Kingston upon Hull 8,388 7.3
North East Lincolnshire 3,303 4.8
North Lincolnshire 2,511 3.8
York 3,062 3.9
Counties
North Yorkshire 11,044 4.4
East Midlands
Unitary authorities
Derby 4,470 4.5
Leicester 6,585 5.6
Rutland 543 3.9
Nottingham City 3,328 2.8
Counties
Derbyshire 10,919 3.4
Leicestershire 1 1
Lincolnshire 1 1
Northamptonshire 8,129 3.1
Nottinghamshire 10,609 3.3
West Midlands
Metropolitan districts
Birmingham 21,538 5.3
Coventry 4,807 3.8
Dudley 3,191 2.5
Sandwell 4,542 3.7
Solihull 891 1.1
Walsall 4,178 3.9
Wolverhampton 5,424 5.3
Unitary authorities
Herefordshire 2,375 3.2
Telford and Wrekin 2,247 3.6
Stoke-on-Trent 6,141 5.7
Counties
Hereford and Worcester 4,941 2.2
Shropshire 4,211 3.5
Staffordshire 1 1
Warwickshire 1 1
East
Unitary authorities
Luton 2,456 3.4
Peterborough 2,517 3.6
Southend-on-Sea 1,889 2.5
Thurrock 1,981 3.4
Counties
Bedfordshire 3,815 2.4
Cambridgeshire 1 1
Essex 1 1
Hertfordshire 1 1
Norfolk 1 1
Suffolk 1 1
London
Metropolitan districts
Barking and Dagenham 1,329 2.0
Barnet 3,153 2.3
Bexley 1,982 2.1
Brent 5,504 5.3
Bromley 4,318 3.3
Camden 4,335 4.7
City of London 31 0.6
Croydon 4,401 3.2
Ealing 2,449 2.1

Region/county/local authority Total number of vacant dwellings Percentage of stock vacant
Enfield 1 1
Greenwich 3,058 3.3
Hackney 3,254 3.8
Hammersmith and Fulham 4,557 5.9
Haringey 4,815 5.1
Harrow 1,218 1.5
Havering 2,702 2.9
Hillingdon 2,511 2.5
Hounslow 1,050 1.2
Islington 3,237 3.8
Kensington and Chelsea 6,067 6.9
Kingston upon Thames 1 1
Lambeth 2,572 2.1
Lewisham 4,025 3.5
Merton 2,114 2.8
Newham 5,102 5.5
Redbridge 1 1
Richmond upon Thames 1,757 2.3
Southwark 6,367 5.6
Sutton 2,238 2.9
Tower Hamlets 5,429 6.6
Waltham Forest 2,739 2.9
Wandsworth 2,079 1.7
Westminster 2,957 2.7
South East
Unitary authorities
Bracknell Forest 801 1.8
Reading 2,221 3.8
Slough 575 1.3
West Berkshire 1,596 2.7
Windsor and Maidenhead 865 1.5
Wokingham 1,139 1.9
Milton Keynes 2,259 2.6
Brighton and Hove 2,167 1.8
Portsmouth 1,675 2.1
Southampton 4,411 5.0
Isle of Wight 1,969 3.2
The Medway Towns 2,687 2.6
Counties
Buckinghamshire 3,953 2.1
East Sussex 10,000 4.4
Hampshire 1 1
Kent 1 1
Oxfordshire 5,355 2.2
Surrey 1 1
West Sussex 1 1
South West
Unitary authorities
Bath and North East Somerset 550 0.8
Bristol 6,168 3.6
North Somerset 3,015 3.8
South Gloucestershire 1,842 1.8
Plymouth 4,508 4.3
Torbay 355 0.6
Bournemouth 4,120 5.4
Poole 2,151 3.5
Swindon 1,826 2.3
Counties
Cornwall 5,035 2.2
Devon 15,970 5.1
Dorset 3,843 2.2
Gloucestershire 1 1
Somerset 1 1
Wiltshire 5,131 2.8
1 Unknown (missing or only partial data provided by one or more local authorities within a county).

Sources:

ODPM's 2001 Housing Strategy statistical appendix returns and Housing Corporation's 2001 Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR).