A question on #EmptyProperty tabled by Baroness Coffey on 22-04-2025 has been answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.

Heading: Empty Property
Question ID: 1795940
UIN: HL6694
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-04-22
Asking Member ID: 4098
Asking Member display name: Baroness Coffey
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Baroness Coffey
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what is their most recent estimate of the number of unoccupied dwellings in England.
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Date answered: 2025-05-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4956
Answering Member display name: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Answering Member handle: SharonStevenage
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SharonStevenage
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Answer text: According to the latest published statistics, excluding second homes, there are 719, 470 vacant dwellings in England. Statistics on vacant dwellings in England as reported for the purposes of council tax are published in the Department’s live table 615 wh...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true