§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will state the level of rents fixed as reasonable by rent tribunals for various classes of house property in January, 1957, and indicate how these compare with those fixed for similar properties a year ago.
§ Mr. H. BrookeI have no information on which such a comparison could be made.
§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many applications were made to rent tribunals in each of the last twelve months to have a reasonable rent fixed, and how many of these remain to be dealt with.
§ Mr. H. BrookeFigures are available only for quarterly periods, and are given below for applications under the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946, and under Section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act, 1949.
— 1946 Act 1949 Act Applications outstanding 1st January, 1956 591 470 Applications during quarter ended March, 1956 1,868 773 Applications during quarter ended June, 1956 1,898 902 Applications during quarter ended September, 1956 1,719 769 Applications during quarter ended December, 1956 1,470 650 Applications outstanding 1st January, 1957 510 356