Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 27 April 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(1) how many properties were vacant for a period of longer than six months in each region in each of the last three years;
(2) how many vacant dwellings there were in each region in each of the last three years.
Details of the number of long-term empty dwellings and all empty dwellings in each region in England on specific dates in each of the last three years are shown in the tables.
The data are from snapshots taken in the autumn of each year and are as reported to Communities and Local Government by all billing authorities in England on their annual Council Taxbase (CTB) and CTB (Supplementary) returns.
Long- term empty properties by regions | |||
9 October 2006 | 7 October 2007 | 6 October 2008 | |
North East | 21,886 | 21,583 | 22,531 |
North West | 71,811 | 73,047 | 73,888 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 36,336 | 40,084 | 43,352 |
East Midlands | 27,763 | 27,542 | 28,910 |
West Midlands | 35,910 | 34,833 | 35,495 |
East of England | 25,039 | 24,704 | 26,255 |
London | 40,142 | 36,534 | 37,150 |
South East | 34,278 | 34,226 | 35,991 |
South West | 25,276 | 21,732 | 24,285 |
Total England | 318,441 | 314,285 | 327,857 |
Total empty properties by regions | |||
9 October 2006 | 7 October 2007 | 6 October 2008 | |
North East | 48,287 | 48,099 | 50,623 |
North West | 136,783 | 141,186 | 137,849 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 90,947 | 101,091 | 102,241 |
East Midlands | 65,495 | 70,084 | 76,956 |
West Midlands | 79,208 | 80,401 | 79,848 |
East of England | 68,485 | 69,107 | 75,198 |
London | 86,701 | 84,627 | 85,924 |
South East | 102,812 | 101,809 | 105,111 |
South West | 69,441 | 66,915 | 70,272 |
Total England | 748,159 | 763,319 | 784,022 |
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