To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what statistics his Department collates on the amount of empty office space in each region of England; and what estimate he has made of the amount of office space that has been empty (a) for more than six months and (b) for more than a year. [17716]

None. Information on vacant office space in the major centres is available from leading commercial agents, but is not collated centrally.