To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many first-time buyers purchased a home in (a) Leeds and (b) Yorkshire in each of the last 10 years. (226380)

Communities and Local Government do not hold the information requested.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders does publish data on number of mortgages to first-time buyers for the UK but not at more local geographies. The UK data can be found at:

http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/filegrab/lML2.xls?ref=4624