To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will publish (a) the house price and (b) income data underlying the south east: Housing Affordability 2001 map in his document "Sustainable Communities in the South East"; if he will provide a breakdown of income data for each district or unitary authority; and what the ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile income is in each local authority area in the South East. [99309]
Tabled below are the lower quartile house prices for local authorities in the South East, the regional lower quartile earnings and the equivalent house price to earningsratios that were used to produce the South East; Housing Affordability 2001 map in the recent document entitled "Sustainable Communities in the south east"1
| The derivation of the house price to earnings ratios that formed the basis of the map entitled "South East: Housing Affordability 2001"2and published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in "Sustainable communities in the South East" | |||
| Local Authority | Lower quartile houseprice (£) | Lower quartile earnings per person by region (£) | Ratio of house price to earnings |
| Adur | 89,950 | 14794 | 6.08 |
| Arun | 80,000 | 14794 | 5.41 |
| Ashford | 81,000 | 14794 | 5.48 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 93,000 | 14794 | 6.29 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 99,950 | 14794 | 6.76 |
| Bracknell Forest | 114,000 | 14794 | 7.71 |
| Brighton | 89,950 | 14794 | 6.08 |
| Canterbury | 82,000 | 14794 | 5.54 |
| Cherwell | 89,950 | 14794 | 6.08 |
| Chichester | 105,000 | 14794 | 7.10 |
| Chiltern | 142,500 | 14794 | 9.63 |
| Portsmouth | 67,000 | 14794 | 4.53 |
| Southampron | 67,000 | 14794 | 4.73 |
| Crawley | 88,500 | 14794 | 5.98 |
| Dartford | 75,000 | 14794 | 5.07 |
| East Hampshire | 107,500 | 14794 | 7.27 |
| Eastbourne | 70,000 | 14,794 | 4.73 |
The derivation of the house price to earnings ratios that formed the basis of the map entitled "South East: Housing Affordability 2001" 2 and published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in "Sustainable communities in the South East"
| |||
Local Authority
| Lower quartile houseprice (£)
| Lower quartile earnings per person by region (£)
| Ratio of house price to earnings
|
| Eastleigh | 91,000 | 14,794 | 6.15 |
| Elmbridge | 155,000 | 14,794 | 10.48 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 135,000 | 14,794 | 9.13 |
| Fareham | 93,000 | 14,794 | 6.29 |
| Gosport | 65,303 | 14,794 | 4.41 |
| Gravesham | 76,000 | 14,794 | 5.14 |
| Guildford | 128,000 | 14,794 | 8.65 |
| Hart | 128,000 | 14,794 | 8.65 |
| Hastings | 45,950 | 14,794 | 3.11 |
| Havant | 76,094 | 14,794 | 5.14 |
| Horsham | 112,500 | 14,794 | 7.60 |
| Isle of Wight | 65,000 | 14,794 | 4.39 |
| Lewes | 89,000 | 14,794 | 6.02 |
| Maidstone | 87,000 | 14,794 | 5.88 |
| Medway | 62,000 | 14,794 | 4.19 |
| Mid Sussex | 112,000 | 14,794 | 7.57 |
| Milton Keynes | 73,500 | 14,794 | 4.97 |
| Mole Valley | 140,125 | 14,794 | 9.47 |
| New Forest | 94,500 | 14,794 | 6.39 |
| Oxford | 125,000 | 14,794 | 8.45 |
| Reading | 102,950 | 14,794 | 6.96 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 120,000 | 14,794 | 8.11 |
| Rother | 75,000 | 14,794 | 5.07 |
| Runnymede | 126,000 | 14,794 | 8.52 |
| Rushmoor | 96,000 | 14,794 | 6.49 |
| Sevenoaks | 118,000 | 14,794 | 7.98 |
| Shepway | 63,000 | 14,794 | 4.26 |
| Slough | 88,000 | 14,794 | 5.95 |
| South Bucks | 150,000 | 14,794 | 10.14 |
| South Oxfordshire | 112,000 | 14.794 | 7.57 |
| Spelthorne | 120,000 | 14,794 | 8.11 |
| Surrey Heath | 130,000 | 14,794 | 8.79 |
| Swale | 64,984 | 14,794 | 4.39 |
| Tandridge | 124,950 | 14,794 | 8.45 |
| Test Valley | 99,950 | 14,794 | 6.76 |
| Thanet | 58,950 | 14,794 | 3.98 |
| Tonbridge and Mailing | 96,950 | 14,794 | 6.55 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 99,000 | 14,794 | 6.69 |
| Vale of the White Horse | 112,000 | 14,794 | 7.57 |
| Waverley | 132,500 | 14,794 | 8.96 |
| Wealden | 91,000 | 14,794 | 6.15 |
| West Berkshire | 115,000 | 14,794 | 7.77 |
| West Oxfordshire | 110,000 | 14,794 | 7.44 |
| Winchester | 123,000 | 14,794 | 8.31 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 150,000 | 14,794 | 10.14 |
| Woking | 121,000 | 14,794 | 8.18 |
| Wokingham | 137,000 | 14,794 | 9.26 |
| Worthing | 74,659 | 14,794 | 5.05 |
| Wycombe | 115,000 | 14,794 | 7.77 |
1House price data: Land Registry | |||
2 Earnings data: Office for National Statistics: New Earnings Survey, 2001 (based on adults working full-time) | |||
Whilst the above data was used as a basis for the published map, more recent information on estimated earnings by local authority is now available and may be published in the near future.
However, in the context of measuring affordability of housing in each local authority no decision has yet been made on the most appropriate combination of house price and income indicators. For instance, it may be decided to continue using regional incomes rather than local authority incomes.