Housing: Prices Michael Gove To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average price of an (a) house and (b) flat in (i) England and (ii) each Government office region was in (A) 2000 and (B) the most recent year for which figures are available. Yvette Cooper The mean average selling price of a house and flat in England and each Government office region for 2000 and 2006 is presented in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------ | |2000 |20061 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | |House |Flat |House|Flat| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |North East |63,805 |45,264 |140,773|112,145| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |North West |70,363 |66,139 |151,436|137,505| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Yorkshire and the Humber |68,580 |63,623 |152,361|132,810| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |East Midlands |77,292 |54,094 |163,413|116,615| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Midlands |86,690 |58,129 |174,413|125,954| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |East |117,039|67,989 |224,600|145,875| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |London |219,394|163,873|367,623|269,425| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |South East |156,381|83,055 |271,004|162,123| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |South West |111,126|74,010 |223,014|153,658| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |England |110,087|110,810|211,076|188,131| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Provisional figures. Source: HM Land Registry.| | ||| ------------------------------------------------------------------