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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average (a) purchase price of and (b) discount applied to a right to buy (i) flat and (ii) house was in each region in England in (A) 1997 and (B) the last year for which figures are available. [200289] Keith Hill: Average right-to-buy selling price (net of discount) and discount figures for each of the Government Office regions are shown in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) Selling price (net of discount) (b) Discount House Flat House Flat _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (A) 1997-98 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. North east 16.2 9.6 15.0 15.4 North west 18.4 9.8 16.8 20.7 Yorkshire/ 18.1 11.0 15.9 16.6 Humber East Midlands 18.0 9.9 15.9 15.5 West Midlands 19.3 11.0 17.6 16.8 East 25.7 13.8 24.4 20.4 London 33.2 21.4 30.9 31.1 South east 29.1 15.5 27.3 24.1 South west 21.5 11.8 19.9 20.1 (B) 2003-04 North east 24.3 15.2 17.5 15.4 North west 26.6 15.6 19.7 17.5 Yorkshire/ 24.5 17.3 18.1 18.5 Humber East Midlands 38.0 24.8 22.0 21.1 West Midlands 35.2 22.1 22.6 22.4 East 63.6 43.8 31.0 32.3 London 106.5 75.4 34.6 38.0 South east 81.2 50.5 36.8 34.8 South west 54.8 34.4 28.6 27.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

200289; 428 c267-8W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Council housing Housing Flats Discounts Prices Sales Right to buy scheme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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