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<p> </p><p>Under this Government, the number of empty homes in England has fallen
to a 10 year low. The number of long-term empty homes has fallen by around a third
from October 2009 to October 2013, and the overall number of empty homes has fallen
by arounda fifth over the same period.</p><p>There is more to do, yet we have a comprehensive
series of policies to get empty buildings back into use and promote brownfield regeneration,
as outlined in the answer of 3 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 780W.</p><p>Local
authority figures are published on my department's website, at live table 615:</p><p><a
href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p>Statistics
on Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are published by the devolved administrations.
My Department does not publish regional statistics.</p><p>The number of vacant dwellings
and long-term vacant dwellings, for Worcester, Worcestershire and England, are shown
in Tables 1 and 2.</p><p>Table 1: All vacant dwellings, Worcester Local Authority
District, Worcestershire and England, 5 Oct 2009 to 7 Oct 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>5 Oct 2009</p></td><td><p>4 Oct 2010</p></td><td><p>3 Oct 2011</p></td><td><p>1
Oct 2012</p></td><td><p>7 Oct 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>1,348</p></td><td><p>1,216</p></td><td><p>1,261</p></td><td><p>1,369</p></td><td><p>1,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>7,298</p></td><td><p>7,103</p></td><td><p>6,983</p></td><td><p>6,960</p></td><td><p>6,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>770,496</p></td><td><p>737,147</p></td><td><p>719,352</p></td><td><p>704,357</p></td><td><p>635,127</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table
2: All long-term vacant dwellings, Worcester Local Authority District, Worcestershire
and England, 5 Oct 2009 to 7 Oct 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5
Oct 2009</p></td><td><p>4 Oct 2010</p></td><td><p>3 Oct 2011</p></td><td><p>1 Oct
2012</p></td><td><p>7 Oct 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>3,165</p></td><td><p>2,627</p></td><td><p>2,475</p></td><td><p>2,449</p></td><td><p>1,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>316,251</p></td><td><p>299,999</p></td><td><p>277,529</p></td><td><p>254,059</p></td><td><p>216,050</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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