asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average price of a pre-war three-bedroomed house and a post-war three-bed roomed house, respectively, in each of the last six years expressed (a) as contemporary values and (b) at December 1975 values.

Estimated average prices of six-roomed dwellings in the United Kingdom, on which building societies advanced loans were:

Purchased in:	Pre-1940 £	Post-1939 £
1970	4,425	5,075
1971	4,975	5,700
1972	6,775	7,325
1973	9,375	9,900
1974	10,075	10,925
1975	10.650	11,925

Their values in December 1975 would be about the corresponding average price paid in the fourth quarter 1975, which were approximately £10,800 and £12,300, respectively.Figures for three-bedroomed houses are not available.