Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty properties in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Easington constituency.

Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published int the Department’s live table 615 which is at the following link

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants

The total numbers of empty homes in England has fallen by 160,000 since the end of 2009 - the number of empty homes in England is now at a 10 year low. Figures are not available for constituencies.