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32.
Mr. Dubs
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now take steps to collect statistics on the numbers of empty council houses and the reasons for their being unoccupied.
Sir George Young
Information is already collected in the housing investment programme returns on the numbers of vacant council dwellings and, for those vacant for more than a year, the reasons for their being unoccupied.