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Empty Property

Volume 493: debated on Wednesday 3 June 2009

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Mr. Vara

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of domestic properties in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England were vacant in each of the last five years. (277776)

Mr. Iain Wright

The information requested is not held centrally for North-West Cambridgeshire. Figures are available at local authority district level.

The following table shows the proportion of vacant properties in Cambridgeshire, the east of England and England in each of the last five years.

Total vacant dwellings as a percentage of total dwelling stock

Percentage

As at:

Region

1 November 2004

10 October 2005

9 October 2006

8 October 2007

6 October 2008

Cambridge

3.1

2.9

2.8

3.1

2.9

East Cambridgeshire

3.2

2.4

2.7

2.7

3.1

Fenland

3.5

2.7

2.6

2.9

3.1

Huntingdonshire

2.1

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.7

Peterborough UA

2.5

2.5

2.9

2.9

3.3

South Cambridgeshire

3.1

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.7

Cambridgeshire

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.8

3.0

East of England

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.0

England

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

Source:

Council Taxbase and Council Taxbase Supplementary (CTB1 and CTB1S) returns from local authorities.