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<p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p>HM Land Registry covers England and Wales and began collating the data requested in 1995. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own land registration departments. The following table gives total number of house sales in England and Wales from 1995, including January to June 2013.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Totalnumber of house sales England andWales<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">1995<br /></td><td valign="top">800,494<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1996<br /></td><td valign="top">966,619<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1997<br /></td><td valign="top">1,094,974<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1998<br /></td><td valign="top">1,050,631<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1999<br /></td><td valign="top">1,205,304<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2000<br /></td><td valign="top">1,143,585<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2001<br /></td><td valign="top">1,260,565<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2002<br /></td><td valign="top">1,367,877<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2003<br /></td><td valign="top">1,278,139<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2004<br /></td><td valign="top">1,289,382<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2005<br /></td><td valign="top">1,068,745<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2006<br /></td><td valign="top">1,331,233<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2007<br /></td><td valign="top">1,276,841<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2008<br /></td><td valign="top">646,919<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">626,446<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">665,684<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">662,673<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">668,922<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Januaryto June2013<br /></td><td valign="top">322,437<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p> |