United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 126980
Empty Property
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13 April 2026
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20 April 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty properties there are in the UK.
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13 April 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty properties there are in the UK.
Source: Commons
20 April 2026
Answer
Statistics on empty properties in England are published annually and can be found on gov.uk. Data on vacant homes is not broken down by constituency. Housing policy is a devolved matter, so information for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is held by t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-04-13/126980
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1899095
- uk · wq-1899095 · source updated 20 April 2026