§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing how many applications to fix rents have been made by tenants to rent officers in each of the London boroughs in the last twelve months, the number of rents reduced, the number of rents unchanged, the number of rents increased, and the number of rents increased by a sum smaller than that asked for by the landlord.
§ Mr. MacColl19,056 applications for registration of rent had been made to rent officers in London up to 18th February, 1967, of which 13,701 had been determined. The original rent was reduced in 6,677 cases, unchanged in 2,180 and increased in 4,844. I regret that the other details asked for are not available.
33WThe figures for each borough are as follows:
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF RENT, 3.1.66–18.2.67 Determinations London Borough Applications (net) Reduced Original Rent—Unchanged Increased Total City of London … … 4 — — 1 1 Westminster … … 1,446 215 94 336 645 Camden … … 1,268 377 220 135 732 Islington … … 793 404 62 193 659 Hackney … … 1,442 771 32 111 914 Tower Hamlets … … 672 412 95 70 577 Greenwich … … 564 181 114 165 460 Lewisham … … 645 280 24 109 413 Southwark … … 687 443 53 124 620 Lambeth … … 1,002 286 164 303 753 Wandsworth … … 653 129 147 195 471 Hammersmith … … 646 301 51 177 529 Kensington and Chelsea … … 941 204 103 398 705 Waltham Forest … … 668 207 160 133 500 Redbridge … … 312 104 32 105 241 Havering … … 126 52 15 37 104 Barking … … 101 58 9 21 88 Newham … … 445 308 12 85 405 Bexley … … 186 59 39 52 150 Bromley … … 430 87 128 123 338 Croydon … … 471 144 39 180 363 Sutton … … 226 53 47 84 184 Merton … … 316 77 44 117 238 Kingston on Thames … … 169 59 28 56 143 Richmond on Thames … … 365 60 76 131 267 Hounslow … … 220 100 8 56 164 Hillingdon … … 254 50 29 157 236 Ealing … … 906 311 43 260 614 Brent … … 536 242 49 176 467 Harrow … … 248 26 57 133 216 Barnet … … 1,112 205 162 340 707 Haringey … … 899 353 24 210 587 Enfield … … 303 119 20 71 210 Totals … … 19,056 6,677 2,180 4,844 13,701