Government-Owned Vacant Housing Stock

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asked Her Majesty's Government:How many dwellings owned by government departments and other public agencies were vacant during the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 respectively. [HL956]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

(Lord Whitty)

The information is given in the table below:

	1 April 1997	1 April 1998	1 April 1999
	Number	Number	Number
Government departments and other public sector	19,280	19,119	19,965
—of which
MOD	13,142	13,225	13,568
Housing Action Trusts	2,550	2,710	3,383
DETR	690	692	480
Home Office	268	217	259

As the majority of government department stock is owned by the Ministry of Defence, DETR (Highways Agency) and Home Office these figures are shown separately. Figures for housing action trusts are also shown. The remainder consists mainly of vacant stock owned or controlled by NHS trusts, provincial police forces, Scottish Executive and Welsh Assembly.

These figures incorporate estimates by individual departments and agencies where precise data are not available for security reasons.

Volume 611: debated on Monday 20 March 2000