HC Deb 20 November 2003 vol 413 cc1159-60W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many house sales there were at more than(a) £50,001,

Total England Wales N. Ireland Scotland
A) Judiciary and legal 19
Judges 4 4 0 0 0
Associations/societies 14 11 0 2 1
Solicitors 2 0 0 0 0
B) Government Departments/agencies 9
Government Departments 5 5 0 0 0
Advisory committees/local authorities 4 4 0 0 0
C) Political parties and hon. members 2
Political parties 0 0 0 0 0
Members of the House of Lords 2 0 0 0 0
Members of the House of Commons 0 0 0 0 0
D) Main representative groups and interested parties 36 33 0 2 1
E) Ecclesiastical representatives/ organisations 142 142 0 0 0

There have been 17 responses from members of the general public

225 responses received in total

(b) £100,001,(c) £200,001, (d) £500,001, (e) £750,001 and (f) £1 million in London in each of the last six years for which figures are available. [139932]

Mr. Lammy

The figures for each completed calendar year are as follows. Land Registry collects residential property price data by specified price bands and it is not possible to provide figures for sales specifically at "more than £750,001". An alternative range has therefore been provided.

More than (£) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
50,001 74,570 65,405 63,064 41,335 30,720 16,134
100,001 44,801 50,443 69,947 69,665 82,899 87,567
200,001 15,859 18,535 29,968 35,032 46,098 64,462
500,001 1,616 1,842 2,867 3,636 4,188 5,899
800,000 401 383 682 928 1,112 1,378
1 million 480 608 939 1,428 1,070 2,046