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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to (a) collect and (b) publish data on the number of commercial properties in England that have been vacant for two years or more; and if he will bring forward legislation to require local authorities to report on the number of non-residential buildings they own that have been vacant for two years or more.

It is for local authorities to decide how to monitor local vacancy rates.