§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the increase in the index of retail housing prices for new and second-hand houses for the years 1964 to June 1970, and from June 1970 to date.
§ Mr. ChannonAn index of new house prices between 1964 and 1972 is contained in Table 3 of Housing and Construction Statistics No. 4. No index is published for second-hand houses but prices for such houses between 1966 and 1972 can be found in Table 44 of Housing Statistics No. 24 and Table 38 of Housing and Construction Statistics No. 4. Copies of these documents are in the Library. Information on new and second-hand house prices in the first quarter of 1973 was given in my reply to the Question by the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) on 20th June.