HC Deb 16 May 1973 vol 856 c314W
40. Mr. Willey

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the increase in private sector housing land prices per plot in 1972.

Mr. Channon

The estimated average increase for England and Wales between the second half of 1971 and the first half of 1972 was 31 per cent. That between the first and second halves of 1972 was 22 per cent.