HC Deb 10 November 2003 vol 413 c157W
Mr. Drew

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many(a) house starts and (b) overall house sales there were in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990, (iii) 2000 and (iv) the last year statistics were available, broken down by region. [136751]

Keith Hill

The information requested is as follows.

(a) The latest available statistics for total house starts by region for 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2002 are tabled as follows:

1980 1990 2000 2002
North East 6,046 7,272 7,094 6,387
North West 17,156 19,293 18,683 19,112
Yorkshire & the Humber 12,829 11,922 13,813 14,615
East Midlands 13,256 13,537 15,130 16,004
West Midlands 13,761 15,862 15,780 14,659
East 17,032 17,477 18,686 19,315
London 8,226 9,850 15,300 16,914
South East 27,162 21,710 23,440 25,303
South West 15,872 16,546 16,741 16,918
Total 131,340 133,469 144,667 149,227

Source

Returns to ODPM from local authorities

(b) The latest available statistics for overall house sales by region for 1996 (first year available), 2000 and 2002 are tabled as follows:

1996 2000 2002
North East 38,701 46,941 58,268
North West 110,350 137,645 165,889
Yorkshire & the Humber 83,419 101,504 122,380
East Midlands 78,727 97,080 113,253
West Midlands 87,417 100,871 117,982
East 117,065 130,699 148,081
London 139,587 153,854 173,286
South East 182,719 192,439 223,564
South West 111,290 123,972 138,925
Total 949,275 1,085,005 1,261,628

Source

Land Registry