§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the average percentage increase in land prices in (a) inner city areas, (b) urban areas and (c) rural areas in the last five years.
§ Mr. Giles ShawInformation in this degree of detail is not available. However, statistics published by the Government on the basis of Inland Revenue data indicate that between 1977 and 1982 prices for housing land in England and Wales rose on average by 167 per cent. while prices for farming land rose by 140 per cent. Information on the latter is also published in theEstates Gazette and Farmers' Weekly, and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyers and the Financial Times jointly publish information on short-term trends in industrial land values.