§ Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many properties in the counties of London and Middlesex have become decontrolled since the passing of the Rent Act 1957.
§ Sir K. JosephSeparate estimates relating to the counties of London and Middlesex are not available. For Metropolitan London as a whole the Rent Act Survey estimated that about 135,000 dwellings were decontrolled by "block decontrol" and 80,000 a year by "creeping decontrol". On this basis the total decontrolled to date would be about 575,000.