Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Liberal Democrat
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of houses that were unoccupied in each of the regions in England in (1) 2000, (2) 2010, and (3) 2014.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The table below shows the number of long-term empty homes, i.e. those dwellings which have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for over six months, by region. Data for the year 2000 are not readily available and so we have provided the earliest available year, 2004.
Region | 2004 | 2010 | 2014 |
26,219 | 26,427 | 19,490 | |
25,020 | 25,597 | 17,202 | |
London | 42,600 | 34,422 | 20,795 |
21,599 | 20,337 | 16,052 | |
68,594 | 66,410 | 40,461 | |
35,459 | 33,998 | 23,956 | |
22,434 | 24,226 | 18,550 | |
40,167 | 30,395 | 22,257 | |
36,550 | 38,187 | 27,058 | |
England Total | 318,642 | 299,999 | 205,821 |
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