HC Deb 04 April 1979 vol 965 cc860-1W
Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of the revenue of housing revenue accounts in each London borough was contributed by rebated rents at the latest available date.

Mr. Freeson

The information is as follows:

On the latest available information for 1978–79 the percentage of revenue of the housing revenue account in each London borough contributed by rents is provisionally estimated as follows:

London Borough Unrebated rents Rebated rents
Barking 62 50
Barnet 60 48
Bexley 61 50
Brent 29 23
Bromley 62 48
Camden 23 18
Croydon 49 39
Ealing 42 34
Enfield 51 42
Greenwich 38 32
Hackney 30 24
Hammersmith 35 27
Haringey 34 27
Harrow 56 41
Havering 62 51
Hillingdon 42 36
Hounslow 35 26
Islington 23 19
Kensington and Chelsea 47 33
Kingston-upon-Thames 64 50
Lambeth 25 19
Lewisham 33 26
Merton 59 45
Newham 36 29
Redbridge 60 45
Richmond-upon-Thames 64 50
Southwark 28 23
Sutton 59 42
Tower Hamlets 27 22
Waltham Forest 43 35
Wandsworth 28 21
Westminster 48 37

Comparable figures for the Greater London Council and for the City of London are as follows:

Unrebated

rents

Rebated

rents

GLC 38 31
City of London 44 34