§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 23 April,Official Report, column 249, if he will publish figures for the average house price to earnings ratio for each region for each available quarter of 1993.
§ Mr. NelsonEstimates for the first and second quarters of 1993 are given in the table. For the reason explained in the answer given on 27 January 1993,Official Report, column 746, figures for Northern Ireland are available in the second quarter of each year only.
Average house price to earnings ratio: Region Q1 1993 Q2 1993 United Kingdom — 3.67 Great Britain 3.70 3.69 North 3.04 3.29 Yorkshire and Humberside 3.80 3.41 East Midlands 3.45 3.53 East Anglia 3.69 3 87 South East Greater London 3.78 3.72 Rest of South-east 4.31 4.30 South-west 3.79 3.81 West Midlands 3.95 3.64 North-west 3.56 3.41 England 3.78 3.73 Wales 3.58 3.61 Scotland 2.79 3.40 Northern Ireland — 2.54