§ Mr. DrewTo 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 HillThe 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