To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, for six months or less, were (a) available for letting, (b) to be let after minor repairs, (c) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (d) to be let after major works and were awaiting such works, (e) awaiting sale, (f) awaiting demolition and (g) empty for other reasons, and if he will give this information for (i) inner London, (ii) outer London, (iii) metropolitan areas outside London, (iv) the south-east outside London, (v) all non-metropolitan areas, and (vi) England as a whole;(2) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, over six months and up to a year, were (1) available for letting, (2) to be let after minor repairs, (3) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (4) to be let after major works and were awaiting
| Available for letting | To be let after minor repairs | To be let after major works | To be sold | Awaiting demolition | Empty for other reasons | ||
| Undergoing works | Awaiting works | ||||||
| Local authority dwellings vacant for six months or less at 1 April 1989 | |||||||
| Inner London | 1,700 | 1,900 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 0 | 700 |
| Outer London | 1,200 | 2,000 | 300 | 300 | 100 | 0 | 300 |
| Metropolitan areas outside London | 7,300 | 11,500 | 2,100 | 1,600 | 400 | 1,000 | 2,700 |
| South East outside London | 1,500 | 1,300 | 700 | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 |
| All non-metropolitan areas | 8,000 | 9,700 | 3,500 | 1,400 | 500 | 1,000 | 700 |
| England | 18,300 | 25,000 | 6,400 | 3,800 | 1,400 | 2,100 | 4,600 |
| Local authority dwellings vacant for over six months and up to one year at 1 April 1989 | |||||||
| Inner London | 400 | 400 | 600 | 300 | 200 | 100 | 400 |
| Outer London | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Metropolitan areas outside London | 1,000 | 900 | 1,100 | 600 | 300 | 1,300 | 1,500 |
| South East outside London | 100 | 0 | 300 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| All non-metropolitan areas | 400 | 0 | 1,500 | 600 | 500 | 700 | 300 |
| England | 2,000 | 1,800 | 3,200 | 1,400 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,400 |
| Local authority dwellings vacant for over one year and under two years at 1 April 1989 | |||||||
| Inner London | 200 | 300 | 500 | 600 | 400 | 100 | 200 |
| Outer London | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
such works, (5) awaiting sale, (6) awaiting demolition and (7) empty for other reasons; and if he will give this information for (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole;
(3) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, for over two years, were (1) available for letting, (2) to be let after minor repairs, (3) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (4) to be let after major works and were awaiting such works, (5) awaiting sale, (6) awaiting demolition and (7) empty for other reasons; and if he will give this information for (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole;
(4) how many local authority dwellings that were vacant on 1 April, for over a year and under two years, were (1) available for letting, (2) to be let after minor repairs, (3) to be let after major works and were undergoing such works, (4) to be let after major works and were awaiting such works, (5) awaiting sale, (6) awaiting demolition and (7) empty for other reasons; and if he will give this information for (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole;
(5) what was the number of local authority dwellings on 1 April, in (a) inner London, (b) outer London, (c) metropolitan areas outside London, (d) the south-east outside London, (e) all non-metropolitan areas, and (f) England as a whole.
The following are preliminary estimates derived from local authorities' annual housing investment programme returns (HIP1) for April 1989:
| Local authority dwellings1 at 1 April 1989 | |
| Number | |
| Inner London | 455,900 |
| Outer London | 303,200 |
| Metropolitan areas outside London | 1,333,500 |
| South East outside London | 401,500 |
| All non-metropolitan areas | 2,084,300 |
| England | 4,177,000 |
| 1 Including stock outside the local authority's own area. | |
Available for letting
| To be let after minor repairs
| To be let after major work
| To be sold
| Awaiting demolition
| Empty for other reasons
| ||
Undergoing works
| Awaiting works
| ||||||
| Metropolitan areas outside London | 500 | 800 | 1,000 | 700 | 500 | 1,800 | 1,700 |
| South East outside London | 0 | 0 | 200 | 100 | 100 | too | 0 |
| All non-metropolitan areas | 100 | 0 | 800 | 200 | 400 | 500 | 400 |
| England | 800 | 1,400 | 2,300 | 1,700 | 1,300 | 2,400 | 2,400 |
Local authority dwellings vacant for over two years at 1 April 1989
| |||||||
| Inner London | 200 | 300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,300 | 100 | 1,100 |
| Outer London | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 |
| Metropolitan areas outside London | 300 | 700 | 600 | 800 | 600 | 2,300 | 1.000 |
| South East outside London | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All non-metropolitan areas | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 300 | 100 | 100 |
| England | 600 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,200 | 2,600 | 2,500 |