Housing: Inspections

James Duddridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of qualified (a) home inspectors and (b) domestic energy assessors in (i) Rochford and Southend, East constituency, (ii) England and (iii) Wales.

Caroline Flint
The most recent published data as at 29 November 2007 provides the following information on the number of accredited home inspectors and domestic energy assessors in Rochford and Southend, East constituency, England and Wales.

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|              |Number|
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|Southend, East|8     |
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|England       |5,314 |
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|Wales         |333   |
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