Home Ownership

HC Deb 09 February 1987 vol 110 cc126-7W

Mrs. Ann Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has concerning the level of home ownership in (a) the north-west region and (b) the south-east region in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Mr. Tracey

The available information is as follows:

Estimated Stock of Owner-Occupied Dwellings
	North West	South East
End of Year	Thousand	Percentage of all dwellings	Thousand	Percentage of all dwellings
1976	1,391	58.0	3,462	55.5
1977	1,410	58.4	3,529	55.8
1978	1,429	58.8	3,609	56.3
1979	1,449	59.2	3,693	57.0
1980	1,476	60.0	3,795	58.0
1981	1,503	60.8	3,890	58.9
1982	1,545	62.2	4,013	60.2
1983	1,584	63.5	4,139	61.5
1984	1,611	64.2	4,262	62.6
1985	1,637	65.0	4,380	63.7

Note: Although numbers are expressed to the nearest thousand they should not be regarded as accurate to the last digit.