§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the average level of(a) local authority rents, (b) fair rents registered for unfurnished housing association lettings, (c) fair rents registered for other unfurnished lettings and (d) fair rents registered for all unfurnished lettings in Scotland in each of the years from 1979 to 1987, indicating the percentage increase in each on an annual cumulative basis; and how these increases compare with the movement of the retail prices index over that same period.
Lord James Douglas HamiltonThe information requested on local authority rents, registered rents for unfurnished private sector lettings and the retail prices index was given in my answer to the hon. Member for East Lothian (Mr. Home Robertson) on 16 May 1988 at columns343–344. Information for housing associations is set out in the following table.
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Housing Association tenancies1 Year Annual average rent £ Percentage increase over previous year Percentage increase since 1979 1979 396 — — 1980 446 12.6 12.6 1981 488 9.4 23.2 1982 709 45.3 79.0 1983 766 8.0 93.4 1984 878 14.6 121.7 1985 977 11.3 146.7 1986 985 0.8 148.7 1987 1,069 8.5 169.9 1 registered by Rent Officers.