HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 cc680-1W
21. Mr. Favell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the percentage of the cost of a new house attributable to the price of the building land for each region of the country, for the years 1958, 1968, 1978 and 1988.

Mr. Trippier

I am pleased to say that according to the latest figures for 1987 land prices in the north-west contributed one of the lowest percentages of the costs of new houses, both in the private sector and those built by local authorities. I am arranging for a table of regional figures to be placed in the Library. Figures for earlier years, back to 1977, are available in the Library.