HC Deb 04 June 1996 vol 278 c417W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many house sales there were in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in each year since 1990; and if he will express the figures (i) as a percentage change on the previous year and (ii) as a percentage change on 1990. [30756]

Mr. Clappison

Information for the west midlands region is as follows:

Number of residential transactions Annual percentage charge Percentage change on 1990
1990 125,000 -13 n/a
1991 119,000 -5 -5
1992 91,000 -24 -27
1993 97,000 7 -22
1994 109,000 12 -13
19951 98,000 -10 -22
1 Provisional.

Source:

Inland Revenue Survey of Property Transactions.

Reliable information on the number of house sales in Coventry is not available centrally.