HC Deb 10 March 2000 vol 345 cc832-3W
Mr. Woodward

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many(a) homeowners and (b) ethnic minority homeowners there were in Britain in each year since 1990. [113885]

Mr. Raynsford

The table shows estimates from the Labour Force Survey of(a) the total number of homeowner households; and (b) the number of homeowner households headed by a member of an ethnic minority, in Britain in each year since 1990.

Homeowner and ethnic minority homeowner households in Great Britain: 1990–99
Thousand
All home owning household Home owning households with ethnic minority head of household
1990 14,725 479
1991 15,024 538
1992 15,191 555
1993 15,408 539
1994 15,660 520
1995 15,919 536
1996 15,625 530
1997 16,212 594
1998 16,385 635
1999 16,730 648

Notes:

1. Like all estimates from sample surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability

2. Data shown are for the Spring quarter (March-May) of each year