§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of all dwellings in England are public sector houses, according to the latest figures available.
§ Mr. ArmstrongAt December 1975, local housing authorities and new towns are estimated to have owned 29 per cent. of the dwellings in England. There is no reliable estimate for the remainder of the public sector.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the percentage of the local authority housing revenue accounts, which is borne by rate fund contributions in England for each year from 1970 to 1976, giving the exact percentage for each year.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe following is the information required:
Financial year (ending 31st March) per cent. 1969–70 8.4 1970–71 7.2 1971–72 4.7 1972–73 3.3 1973–74 7.2 1974–75 10.8 1975–76 (estimated) 10.2
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many public sector houses in England have been sold to sitting tenants for each of the years from 1970 to 1976.
§ Mr. ArmstrongEnglish local authorities and new towns reported selling the following numbers of dwellings not built specifically for sale:
1970 6,358 1971 19,022 1972 57,971 1973 37,755 1974 3,972 1975 2,146 Their returns do not distinguish between sitting tenants and any other purchasers.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average net weekly rent, after rent rebates have been deducted, of a three apartment house in the public sector of housing in England for each 37W year from 1970 to 1976; and what this figure represents as a percentage of average household income for the years 1970 to 1976.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe information for two-bedroom local authority dwellings in England is as follows:
Average weekly unrebated rent (£) (1) as a average house-hold income of LA tenants (1) (2) March 1970 2.25 7 April 1971 2.52 8 April 1972 2.77 8 May 1973 3.46 8 April 1974 3.86 8 April 1975 4.16 7
Year Average weekly unrebated rent Average weekly rebated rent (1) as percentage of average household income of local authority tenants (2) as percentage of average household income of local authority tenants (1) (2) (3) (4) (£) (£) 1970–71 2.31 2.23 7 7 1971–72 2.50 2.37 7 7 1972–73 3.15 2.62 8 7 1973–74 3.62 2.75 8 6 1974–75 3.81 2.90 8 6 1975–76* 4.33 3.46 7 6 *Estimated.