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The Key Worker Living programme operated in three regions, London, East and South East of England. From 2008 the Government gave key workers in all regions priority access to the HomeBuy programme as a whole. A further 1,377 key workers were assisted where there are more than one key worker living in a household. In total 21,513 key workers have been helped through the Key Worker Living and HomeBuy programme.

The following tables show the data available on the number of households who have been assisted into a home through the First Time Buyers Initiative and London Wide Initiative.


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First T ime Buyers I nitiative
Calendar year
Region 2006 2007 2008

South East

0

20

38

London

6

23

27

South West

0

13

24

East

0

2

21

Yorkshire and Humberside

0

13

12

West Midlands

0

25

31

North West

0

10

26

East Midlands

0

0

1

North East

0

2

0

Total

6

108

180

294


London Wide Initiative

2007-08 2008-09

London

72

98

Total

72

98

170


From the data available, in total 294 key worker have been helped through the First Time Buyers Initiative and 170 key workers have been helped through the London Wide Initiative.

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the median (a) house price and (b) income in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area in each year since 1997. [296579]

Mr. Ian Austin: Median house prices by local authority area are available on the Communities and Local Government website at:

Data on median income by local authority for each year since 1997 can be provided only at disproportionate cost.


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Table 1: Median income in each region in the UK for the years 1997-98 , 1999-2000 to 2005-06, 2007-08, £ per week equivalised, 2007-08 prices
Basis Region 1997-9 to 1999-2000 1998-99 to 2000-01 1999-2000 to 2001-02

Before Housing Costs

North East

293

298

318

North West

317

326

338

Yorkshire and the Humber

307

312

326

East Midlands

330

338

348

West Midlands

330

331

341

East of England

372

379

397

London

374

393

408

South East

400

413

424

South West

333

345

357

Scotland

334

340

351

Wales

310

313

322

Northern Ireland

-

-

-

After Housing Costs

North East

235

241

260

North West

255

265

277

Yorkshire and the Humber

246

251

267

East Midlands

266

276

286

West Midlands

265

268

277

East of England

293

301

321

London

278

295

312

South East

311

325

337

South West

264

275

288

Scotland

269

276

286

Wales

249

255

265

Northern Ireland

-

-

-


Basis Region 2000-0 1 to 2002-03 2001-02 to 2003-04 2002-0 3 to 2004-05

Before Housing Costs

North East

329

340

341

North West

349

357

362

Yorkshire and the Humber

341

351

356

East Midlands

354

365

370

West Midlands

351

360

362

East of England

411

414

412

London

424

432

431

South East

437

445

448

South West

372

378

384

Scotland

359

371

379

Wales

335

340

345

Northern Ireland

-

-

356

After Housing Costs

North East

274

285

287

North West

289

299

305

Yorkshire and the Humber

282

293

300

East Midlands

295

304

313

West Midlands

288

298

304

East of England

336

341

341

London

326

334

333

South East

348

358

363

South West

302

312

320

Scotland

297

313

324

Wales

279

286

293

Northern Ireland

-

-

307


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