To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes had been empty for more than six months in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. (271348)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Mr. Vara) on 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 586W. Data are not available at a constituency level.