To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the Land Registry expects to publish figures for the numbers of properties which were sold in (a) February and (b) March 2009. (268585)

Land Registry publishes sales volume figures within its monthly house price index (HPI). The data are collected on all residential property transactions in England and Wales. It is expected that figures for February and March will be published on 1 June and 26 June 2009 respectively. The HPI is published at:

www.landregistry.gov.uk

and will be available at 11:00 hours on the aforementioned dates.