HC Deb 26 May 1994 vol 244 c238W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment by what percentage each year the rebuilding costs per square foot have increased between 1964 and 1990 for residential property built before 1920 in Hull.

Sir George Young

Figures for Hull are not available, but there is no reason to suppose that these differ significantly from increases in rebuilding costs for residential property nationally which were as follows:

Year Percentage increase
1964 0
1965 5
1966 7
1967 0
1968 5
1969 6
1970 10
1971 9
1972 25
1973 37
1974 17
1975 6
1976 6
1977 13
1978 13
1979 17
1980 24
1981 0
1982 3
1983 7
1984 4
1985 4
1986 4
1987 9
1988 11
1989 9
1990 1