§ Mr. Raynsfordasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing such information as he has as to the average council rent level in (a) Hammersmith and Fulham and (b) the Greater London area; and if he will express each of these figures as a percentage of (i) average earnings in Greater London and (ii) the state retirement pension for a single pensioner and a pensioner couple, in each of the years from 1970 to 1986.
§ Mr. TraceyThe figures based on rent information reported by Hammersmith and Fulham and by all housing authorities in Greater London are as follows:
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Average Local Authority Unrebated Rents £ per week Per cent. of average earnings in Greater London Per cent. of state retirement pension: single person married couple Hammersmith and Fulham LBC 1970 4.14 11.9 82.8 51.1 1971 4.42 11.6 88.4 54.6 1972 4.41 10.4 73.5 45.5 1973 5.24 11.0 77.6 48.1 1974 5.75 10.5 74.2 46.0 1975 not available 8.0 49.2 30.9 1976 6.55 8.0 49.2 30.9 1977 7.56 8.5 49.4 30.9 1978 8.54 8.5 48.8 30.5 1979 9.70 8.4 49.7 31.1 1980 10.99 7.6 47.2 29.5 1981 12.62 7.7 46.5 29.0 1982 14.85 8.1 50.2 31.4 1983 17.31 8.7 52.7 32.9 1984 20.43 9.5 60.0 37.5 1985 22.12 9.5 61.8 38.6 1986 24.44 9.6 63.8 39.9 Greater London 1970 3.09 8.9 61.8 38.1 1971 3.53 9.3 70.6 43.6 1972 3.71 8.8 61.8 38.2 1973 4.40 9.2 65.2 40.4 1974 4.85 8.8 62.6 38.8 1975 4.95 7.1 42.7 26.8 1976 5.78 7.0 43.5 27.3 1977 6.50 7.3 42.5 26.5 1978 6.99 6.9 39.9 25.0 1979 7.93 6.9 40.7 25.4 1980 9.42 6.6 40.4 25.3 1981 13.16 8.0 48.5 30.3 1982 15.24 8.3 51.5 32.2 1983 15.98 8.0 48.6 30.4 1984 16.87 7.9 49.5 31.0 1985 17.49 7.5 48.9 30.5 1986 18.07 7.1 47.2 29.5 Notes:
Average rents. Source: Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
Average earnings for men aged 21 and over working full time in all occupations. Source: Department of Employment "New Earnings Survey" Basic state retirement pension based on national insurance contributions. Source: DHSS