HC Deb 26 February 1971 vol 812 cc277-85W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many cases were heard by rent officers in each of the inner London boroughs during each of the years from 1965–70;

(2) how many cases were heard by rent assessment panels in each of the inner London boroughs during each of the years from 1965–70;

(3) in how many cases heard by rent officers in each of the outer London boroughs in each of the years between 1965–70 rents were reduced;

(4) how many cases heard by rent officers in each of the inner London boroughs in each of the years from 1965–70 rents were increased;

(5) in how many cases heard by rent officers in each of the inner London boroughs in each of the years from 1965–70 rents were reduced;

(6) in how many cases heard by rent assessment panels in each of the outer London boroughs in each of the years from 1965–70 rents were reduced;

(7) in how many cases heard by rent assessment panels in each of the inner London boroughs in each of the years from 1965–70 rents were reduced;

(8) in how many cases heard by rent assessment panels in each of the outer London boroughs in each of the years from 1965–70 rents were increased;

(9) in how many cases heard by rent assessment panels in each of the inner London boroughs in each of the years from 1965 to 1970 rents were increased;

(10) how many cases were heard by rent assessment panels in each of the outer London boroughs during each of the years from 1965 to 1970;

(11) how many cases were heard by rent officers in each of the outer London boroughs during each of the years from 1965 to 1970;

(12) in how many cases heard by rent officers in each of the outer London boroughs in each of the years between 1965 to 1970 rents were increased.

Mr. Channon

The following tables show for each of the inner and outer London boroughs the number of cases determined by rent officers and rent assessment committees which have been analysed by computer, and the number of rents reduced, increased or remaining unchanged, for each year since 1966, when rent regulation began to operate. These figures relate to first registrations only and exclude registrations which are not comparable with the previous rent because of improvements, etc. Therefore, the total number of applications con

INNER LONDON 1966
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
City of London
Camden 231 66 75 90
Greenwich 230 73 36 121
Hackney 147 103 7 37
Hammersmith 254 168 16 70
Islington 251 142 50 59 10 10
Kensington/Chelsea 332 102 38 192 10 6 4
Lambeth 352 181 47 124 20 16 4
Lewisham 86 56 1 29 11 9 2
Southwark 308 226 5 77 47 41 1 5
Tower Hamlets 364 237 99 28 38 30 8
Wandsworth 229 76 72 81 11 9 2
Westminster 265 95 36 134 39 14 2 23
Total 3,049 1,525 482 1,042 186 135 3 48

INNER LONDON 1967
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
City of London
Camden 566 224 90 252 37 22 1 14
Greenwich 323 122 24 177 41 18 18 5
Hackney 804 586 13 205 247 229 3 15
Hammersmith 474 212 29 233 87 63 7 17
Islington 696 370 53 273 114 99 1 14
Kensington/Chelsea 608 145 46 417 88 30 5 53
Lambeth 823 204 121 498 90 46 6 38
Lewisham 595 320 27 248 153 138 4 11
Southwark 565 265 17 283 181 159 1 21
Tower Hamlets 462 331 14 117 139 123 16
Wandsworth 614 108 91 415 86 34 4 48
Westminster 899 186 151 562 138 70 8 60
Total 7,429 3,073 676 3,680 1,401 1,031 58 312

INNER LONDON 1968
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
City of London
Camden 925 345 49 531 208 187 3 18
Greenwich 240 90 25 125 26 17 9
Hackney 953 694 18 241 443 343 7 93
Hammersnith 276 99 27 150 13 5 8
Islington 528 185 42 301 38 33 5
Kensington/Chelsea 78 11 5 62 19 4 15
Lambeth 564 148 79 337 30 18 12
Lewisham 418 212 21 185 69 56 13
Southwark 509 205 25 279 6 5 1
Tower Hamlets 222 154 6 62 39 32 7
Wandsworth 484 71 66 347 22 18 1 3
Westminster 1,178 222 133 823 253 100 4 149
Total 6,375 2,436 496 3,443 1,166 818 15 333

sidered by rent officers will be considerably larger than indicated by these figures.

INNER LONDON 1969
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
City of London 26 26
Camden 555 182 41 332 70 50 1 19
Greenwich 217 86 17 114 9 8 1
Hackney 725 484 21 220 145 109 1 35
Hammersmith 288 110 25 153 10 7 3
Islington 460 199 61 200 25 19 6
Kensington/Chelsea 548 99 39 410 70 24 3 43
Lambeth 684 156 44 484 42 11 1 30
Lewisham 294 123 16 155 50 17 1 32
Southwark 774 193 18 563 30 5 25
Tower Hamlets 206 130 16 60 17 14 1 2
Wandsworth 610 86 71 453 5 2 3
Westminster 877 109 72 696 186 29 5 152
Total 6,264 1,957 441 3,866 659 295 14 350

INNER LONDON 1970
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
City of London 37 37
Camden 572 125 32 415 57 20 37
Greenwich 295 74 26 195 4 2 2
Hackney 336 220 25 91 85 56 20 9
Hammersmith 489 55 28 406 8 6 2
Islington 491 105 37 349 22 17 5
Kensington/Chelsea 360 78 17 265 48 9 2 37
Lambeth 632 88 31 513 32 19 1 12
Lewisham 561 225 37 299 41 23 9 9
Southwark 335 91 21 223 3 3
Tower Hamlets 142 82 17 43 3 2 1
Wandsworth 497 60 33 404 3 3
Westminster 736 69 82 585 33 9 2 22
Total 5,483 1,272 386 3,825 339 163 34 142

OUTER LONDON 1966
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
Barking 40 28 2 10 1 1
Barnet 257 86 22 149 17 8 2 7
Bexley 70 23 6 41 9 4 4 1
Brent 291 163 25 103 32 30 2
Bromley 213 63 76 74 7 2 5
Croydon 201 86 11 104 11 8 3
Ealing 295 138 22 135 23 22 1
Enfield 82 43 7 32
Haringey 234 163 8 63 33 31 2
Harrow 151 18 44 89 3 2 1
Havering 49 28 5 16
Hillingdon 192 38 20 134 7 5 2
Hounslow 64 32 3 29 12 9 1 2
Kingston 61 26 4 31 6 5 1
Merton 137 62 22 53 7 5 2
Newham 163 125 3 35 33 33
Redbridge 123 54 7 62 6 5 1
Richmond 121 40 25 56 7 6 1
Sutton 62 16 10 36
Waltham Forest 164 63 35 66 8 8
Total 2,970 1,295 357 1,318 222 182 9 31

OUTER LONDON 1967
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
Barking 51 43 3 5 18 17 1
Barnet 815 143 42 630 106 49 3 54
Bexley 108 28 16 64 20 13 7
Brent 347 132 40 175 40 31 9
Bromley 237 42 16 179 10 6 4
Croydon 347 84 17 246 27 14 13
Ealing 626 252 28 346 36 22 1 13
Enfield 245 85 32 128 33 27 3 3
Haringey 786 266 31 489 122 96 1 25
Harrow 181 8 30 143 8 8
Havering 132 24 17 91 6 3 3
Hillingdon 89 19 20 50 5 1 4
Hounslow 220 85 7 128 41 33 2 6
Kingston 139 43 29 67 36 27 2 7
Merton 275 21 29 225 34 12 22
Newham 370 233 6 131 145 111 1 33
Redbridge 211 62 9 140 37 24 2 11
Richmond 308 41 52 215 11 6 1 4
Sutton 210 37 13 160 21 20 1
Waltham Forest 493 140 108 245 85 68 4 13
Total 6,190 1,788 545 3,857 841 580 21 240

OUTER LONDON 1968
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
Barking 32 12 6 14 4 1 3
Barnet 600 85 36 479 67 8 59
Bexley 91 35 6 50 6 6
Brent 302 90 39 173 13 4 1 8
Bromley 200 31 12 157 11 11
Croydon 189 70 19 100 6 5 1
Ealing 513 88 23 402 171 24 147
Enfield 109 37 27 45 14 8 6
Haringey 615 183 25 407 69 27 3 39
Harrow 162 12 13 137 6 4 2
Havering 86 14 10 62 4 1 3
Hillingdon 204 26 14 164 6 2 4
Hounslow 159 39 11 109 17 12 5
Kingston 179 29 28 122 28 6 3 19
Merton 197 17 23 157 7 1 6
Newham 267 102 9 156 54 14 40
Redbridge 177 23 7 147 3 2 1
Richmond 285 32 35 218 22 4 2 16
Sutton 111 11 12 88 4 2 2
Waltham Forest 693 46 205 442 6 4 2
Total 5,171 982 560 3,629 518 134 11 373

OUTER LONDON 1969
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
Barking 37 11 7 19 1 1
Barnet 470 73 29 368 13 3 10
Bexley 87 16 8 63 3 3
Brent 366 83 20 263 10 5 1 4
Bromley 235 53 17 165 6 2 4
Croydon 185 76 9 100 7 6 1
Ealing 374 62 16 296 1 1
Enfield 121 37 9 75 16 8 1 7
Haringey 446 156 12 278 65 39 2 24
Harrow 157 20 14 123 6 2 4
Havering 120 28 17 75 10 9 1
Hillingdon 94 5 10 79 4 4
Hounslow 193 32 5 156 7 4 3
Kingston 157 31 10 116 18 9 9
Merton 212 15 31 166 7 5 2
Newham 230 85 5 140 7 4 3
Redbridge 112 23 4 85 4 1 3
Richmond 275 69 19 187 21 8 13
Sutton 136 28 6 102 3 1 2
Waltham Forest 923 81 262 580 7 7
Total 4,930 984 510 3,436 216 118 4 94
OUTER LONDON 1970
First Registration by Rent Officer Rent Assessment Committee
Area Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased Total Deter Reduced Unchanged Increased
Barking 45 17 9 19 1 1
Barnet 367 44 30 293 9 5 4
Bexley 67 13 2 52
Brent 420 72 34 314 7 5 2
Bromley 181 22 8 151 7 1 6
Croydon 259 52 17 190 14 4 10
Ealing 506 27 13 466 4 3 1
Enfield 205 67 15 123 19 12 2 5
Haringey 373 120 16 237 46 17 29
Harrow 166 8 12 146 6 1 5
Havering 108 12 13 83 6 5 1
Hillingdon 103 9 18 76 2 1 1
Hounslow 100 27 5 68 4 1 3
Kingston 192 29 8 155 3 1 1 1
Merton 243 12 31 200
Newham 202 70 6 126 9 5 4
Redbridge 154 24 7 123 10 3 7
Richmond 168 32 10 126 40 12 28
Sutton 84 14 3 67 2 2
Waltham Forest 227 32 36 159 3 3
Total 4,170 703 293 3,174 192 80 3 109