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<p>Statistics on vacant dwellings in England, are published in the Department’s live
table 615 (attached) which is available at the following link. This table shows the
annual totals of all empty homes, those vacant longer than six months and of vacant
dwellings in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p>The
number of long term empty homes is substantially lower than when records began. Long-term
empty homes are those dwellings which have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished
for over six months. In October 2009, there were 316,251 long term homes in England
and this had fallen to 200,145 by October 2016.</p><p>Figures are not directly comparable
for Private Registered Providers (Housing Association) and local authority dwellings.
Figures for March 2016, show there were 11,482 long term vacant Private Registered
Providers dwellings and 22,928 local authority dwellings (long and short term).</p><p>As
to steps being taken to bring structurally sound dwellings back to use, I refer to
my answer to PQ 3618283/ UIN HL4471.</p>
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