§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will publish(a) the house price and (b) income data underlying the south east: Housing Affordability 2001 map in his document "Sustainable Communities in the South East"; if he will provide a breakdown of income data for each district or unitary authority; and what the ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile income is in each local authority area in the South East. [99309]
§ Mr. McNultyTabled below are the lower quartile house prices for local authorities in the South East, the regional lower quartile earnings and the equivalent house price to earningsratios that were used to produce the South East; Housing Affordability 2001 map in the recent document entitled "Sustainable Communities in the south east"1
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The derivation of the house price to earnings ratios that formed the basis of the map entitled "South East: Housing Affordability 2001"2 and published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in "Sustainable communities in the South East" Local Authority Lower quartile houseprice (£) Lower quartile earnings per person by region (£) Ratio of house price to earnings Adur 89,950 14794 6.08 Arun 80,000 14794 5.41 Ashford 81,000 14794 5.48 Aylesbury Vale 93,000 14794 6.29 Basingstoke and Deane 99,950 14794 6.76 Bracknell Forest 114,000 14794 7.71 Brighton 89,950 14794 6.08 Canterbury 82,000 14794 5.54 Cherwell 89,950 14794 6.08 Chichester 105,000 14794 7.10 Chiltern 142,500 14794 9.63 Portsmouth 67,000 14794 4.53 Southampron 67,000 14794 4.73 Crawley 88,500 14794 5.98 Dartford 75,000 14794 5.07 East Hampshire 107,500 14794 7.27 Eastbourne 70,000 14,794 4.73
The derivation of the house price to earnings ratios that formed the basis of the map entitled "South East: Housing Affordability 2001"2 and published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in "Sustainable communities in the South East" Local Authority Lower quartile houseprice (£) Lower quartile earnings per person by region (£) Ratio of house price to earnings Eastleigh 91,000 14,794 6.15 Elmbridge 155,000 14,794 10.48 Epsom and Ewell 135,000 14,794 9.13 Fareham 93,000 14,794 6.29 Gosport 65,303 14,794 4.41 Gravesham 76,000 14,794 5.14 Guildford 128,000 14,794 8.65 Hart 128,000 14,794 8.65 Hastings 45,950 14,794 3.11 Havant 76,094 14,794 5.14 Horsham 112,500 14,794 7.60 Isle of Wight 65,000 14,794 4.39 Lewes 89,000 14,794 6.02 Maidstone 87,000 14,794 5.88 Medway 62,000 14,794 4.19 Mid Sussex 112,000 14,794 7.57 Milton Keynes 73,500 14,794 4.97 Mole Valley 140,125 14,794 9.47 New Forest 94,500 14,794 6.39 Oxford 125,000 14,794 8.45 Reading 102,950 14,794 6.96 Reigate and Banstead 120,000 14,794 8.11 Rother 75,000 14,794 5.07 Runnymede 126,000 14,794 8.52 Rushmoor 96,000 14,794 6.49 Sevenoaks 118,000 14,794 7.98 Shepway 63,000 14,794 4.26 Slough 88,000 14,794 5.95 South Bucks 150,000 14,794 10.14 South Oxfordshire 112,000 14.794 7.57 Spelthorne 120,000 14,794 8.11 Surrey Heath 130,000 14,794 8.79 Swale 64,984 14,794 4.39 Tandridge 124,950 14,794 8.45 Test Valley 99,950 14,794 6.76 Thanet 58,950 14,794 3.98 Tonbridge and Mailing 96,950 14,794 6.55 Tunbridge Wells 99,000 14,794 6.69 Vale of the White Horse 112,000 14,794 7.57 Waverley 132,500 14,794 8.96 Wealden 91,000 14,794 6.15 West Berkshire 115,000 14,794 7.77 West Oxfordshire 110,000 14,794 7.44 Winchester 123,000 14,794 8.31 Windsor and Maidenhead 150,000 14,794 10.14 Woking 121,000 14,794 8.18 Wokingham 137,000 14,794 9.26 Worthing 74,659 14,794 5.05 Wycombe 115,000 14,794 7.77 1House price data: Land Registry 2 Earnings data: Office for National Statistics: New Earnings Survey, 2001 (based on adults working full-time) Whilst the above data was used as a basis for the published map, more recent information on estimated earnings by local authority is now available and may be published in the near future.
However, in the context of measuring affordability of housing in each local authority no decision has yet been made on the most appropriate combination of house price and income indicators. For instance, it may be decided to continue using regional incomes rather than local authority incomes.