§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Minister of Labour, with reference to the Table on Household Expenditure published on page 486 of the December, 1961, issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette, of the 1,766 Index Group of households renting unfurnished accommodation, how many were council tenants; how many were private tenants; what was the average payment for rent, etc. for each group separately; and what was the average expenditure on repairs, etc. for each group separately.
§ Mr. HareOf the 1,766 "Index" households renting unfurnished accommodation, 858 were renting unfurnished council dwellings and 908 other unfurnished accommodation. The average weekly payments for rent, rates, water charges, etc. less receipts—if any—from sub-letting were:
s. d. Households renting unfurnished council dwellings 29 4½ Households renting other unfurnished accommodation 24 7½ The average payments of each of these two groups of households on repairs, etc., are not immediately available, but will be published in the Ministry of Labour Gazette when they have been calculated.
§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Minister of Labour, with reference to the Table on Household Expenditure published on page 486 of the December, 1961, issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette, of the 1,128 Index households living in their own dwellings, how many were purchasing their houses; how many were fully owned; what was the average payment for mortgage payments by the former; what was the average payment for rent, rates, insurance, etc. for each group separately; and what was the average spent on repairs by each group separately.
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§ Mr. HareOf the 1,128 "Index" households living in their own dwellings, 636 were purchasing their dwellings and 492 occupied dwellings which they fully owned. Of the 636 households purchasing their dwellings 623 were making mortgage payments which, on average, amounted to 32s. 11d. per week. The average payments of these two groups for rates, ground-rent, insurance, etc. are not available, but average figures for net housing costs—defined as in item group 4 of the Table on page 486 of the Ministry of Labour Gazette for December, 1961—are being extracted, together with average expenditures on repairs. These will be published in the Ministry of Labour Gazette as soon as available.