§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo 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. ClappisonInformation 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.