§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide the basis for his estimate set out in paragraph 2 of his illustrative tables for
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Number of transactions thousands Average price £ thousands Number sold as per cent. of total housing stock per cent. 1989 1990 1989 1990 1989 1990 (i) Council dwellings sold to sitting tenants1 Northern 12.9 11.0 20.3 24.0 1 1 Yorkshire and Humberside 19.3 13.0 20.8 26.8 1 1 East Midlands 12.9 5.4 31.0 37.5 1 — East Anglia 3.8 1.7 48.9 49.6 — — Greater London 24.3 20.7 62.5 60.3 1 1 South East (ex Greater London) 22.4 11.4 56.2 60.0 1 — South West 11.6 4.9 45.2 46.0 1 — West Midlands 18.9 11.8 28.4 33.9 1 1 North West 14.3 14.9 21.7 22.1 1 1 England 140.5 94.7 38.4 40.0 1 — (ii) Other dwellings sold by individuals2 Northern 53.5 43.7 40.9 47.3 4 3 Yorkshire and Humberside 92.7 78.9 45.3 50.4 5 4 East Midlands 57.6 60.6 53.2 54.4 4 4 East Anglia 25.2 35.2 68.7 62.2 3 4 Greater London 64.5 70.0 90.5 90.6 2 2 South East (ex Greater London) 153.7 184.9 86.7 82.5 4 4 South West 64.6 79.7 71.2 66.6 3 4 West Midlands 71.2 74.7 55.5 58.2 3 4 North West 123.6 97.3 44.6 52.9 5 4 England 706.5 725.0 62.8 66.1 4 4 the council tax of £80,000 for an average property value for England; whether it includes (i) leasehold and (ii) rented dwellings at their freehold value with vacant possession; whether it is on the same basis as the survey of property transactions in England and Wales given in chapter 14 of the 1990 "Inland Revenue Statistics"; and if he will publish in the Official Report tables showing the figures he is using on (i) his basis and (ii) the same basis as in tables 14.1, 14.2, 14.3 and 14.4.
§ Mr. KeyAs explained in paragraph 2 of the notes covering the tables of illustrative council tax bills issued on 23 April, the estimates are for all domestic properties and use the same definition of value whatever the tenure of the property. They were produced on a basis different from the survey of property transactions in England and Wales given in chapter 14 of Inland Revenue Statistics 1990.
The data underlying the illustrative council tax bills cannot be presented in the form used in Inland Revenue Statistics; and the data underlying the tables in chapter 14 of "Inland Revenue Statistics" cannot directly provide the information needed to estimate the number of properties in each local authority area falling in each of the seven council tax bands.