Written question asked by Bill Wiggin (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 October 2002. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 October 2002 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the rate of change was in house prices in the past five years, broken down by region. - Inc table. (Printed on 15.10.2002 in Bound Volume 390 c831-2W)

Answer: Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the rate of change was in house prices in the past five years, broken down by region. [73964] Mr. Tony McNulty: The rate of change in house prices in the past five years, by region, is estimated to have been as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. North East +3.7 % North West +54.8 % Yorkshire and The Humber +49.6 % East Midlands +72.4 % West Midlands +65.4 % East +92.6 % London +110.0 % South East +94.6 % South West +97.0 % England +82.7 % Wales +56.1 % Scotland +27.5 % Northern Ireland +66.1 % United Kingdom +77.1 % _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sources: ODPM Survey of Mortgage Lenders Increase in the regional house price indices between Q2 1997 and Q2 2002.

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