HC Deb 26 April 1972 vol 835 cc298-9W
Mr. Costain

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what statistics of house sales he collects from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; and whether they will be published.

Mr. Eyre

Through the Institution, a panel of 400 estate agents representing all parts of England and Wales provides information four times a year on the number of second-hand dwellings which they have for sale, how many of these have been on their books more than three months and the number of sales made in the previous three months. They also give an assessment of the state of the market.

A summary of the results is subsequently released to the Press by the Institution and reported in its journal Chartered Surveyor.

HOUSING CONTRACTS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NEW TOWNS IN ENGLAND AND WALES*
Method of Tendering
Competitive Tender
Open Selective Negotiated Package deal Total
Percentage of Schemes approved in
1964 50 18 25 7 100
1965 43 20 29 8 100
1966 36 23 26 15 100
1967 36 27 28 9 100
1968 30 37 23 10 100
1969 26 47 18 9 100
1970 25 54 13 8 100
Jan.-Sept., 1971† 29 51 13 7 100
Percentage of dwellings in schemes approved in
1964 32 22 31 15 100
1965 28 21 38 13 100
1966 21 24 40 15 100
1967 19 28 39 14 100
1968 14 40 33 13 100
1969 16 48 23 13 100
1970 14 59 17 10 100
Jan.-Sept., 1971† 16 61 12 11 100
* Excluding tenders for the London County Council and Greater London Council.
† Provisional.

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