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Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state (a) the average percentage rises in house prices, by region, annually in the last 10 years and (b) the current average house price for each region.
Mr. Chope
Dwelling price indices showing the annual change in the prices of houses and flats bought with building society mortgages, and adjusted to take account of the mix of dwellings sold, for the years 1978 to 1988 are in the latest annual volume of "Housing and Construction Statistics—Great Britain" (Table 10.8), a copy of which is in the Library. The corresponding indices for 1989 and the average dwelling prices for the same year are as follows:
| Index 1985=100 | Price1£s | |
| North | 170 | 37,374 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 194 | 41,817 |
| East Midlands | 207 | 49,421 |
| East Anglia | 221 | 64,610 |
| Greater London | 203 | 82,383 |
| South East (excluding Greater London) | 216 | 81,635 |
| South West | 219 | 67,004 |
| West Midlands | 219 | 49,815 |
| North West | 184 | 42,126 |
| England | 207 | 58,458 |
| Wales | 193 | 42,981 |
| Scotland | 144 | 35,394 |
| Northern Ireland | 124 | 30,280 |
| United Kingdom | 202 | 54,846 |
| 1 These are simple average prices of dwellings purchased with building society mortgages, not adjusted for the mix of dwellings. Figures for earlier years are in table 10.11 of the publication referred to. | ||