§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average rent paid for a(a) council, (b) housing association and (c) privately rented home in (i) York and (ii) England in each year since 1979 in (1) cash terms and (2) current prices. [38927]
§ Mr. Clappisonthe available information is given in the tables.
In the private rented sector, comprehensive information on average rents is not available for individual local authority districts. Such information was first collected for housing associations in 1992.
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(i) Average rents in York, 1983–84 to 1994–95 (1) Cash £ per week Financial year :Local authority rents Year1 Housing association rents 1983–84 10.19 — — 1984–85 10.54 — — 1985–86 11.32 — — 1986–87 11.89 — — 1987–88 13.28 — — 1988–89 14.16 — — 1989–90 15.23 — — 1990–91 21.01 — — 1991–92 23.36 1992 28.08 1992–93 26.52 1993 31.45 1993–94 29.52 1994 34.94 1994–95 32.42 1995 37.03
(2) Current prices (1994–95 prices)2 £ per week Financial year Local authority rents Year1 Housing association rents 1983–84 17.51 — — 1984–85 17.24 — — 1985–86 17.56 — — 1986–87 17.90 — — 1987–88 18.98 — — 1988–89 18.97 — — 1989–90 19.07 — — 1990–91 24.36 — — 1991–92 25.49 1992 30.64 1992–93 27.81 1993 32.98 1993–94 30.07 1994 35.60 1994–95 32.42 1995 37.03 1 Housing association rents are at 31 March. First collected by the Housing Corporation 31 March 1992. 2 Real terms figures are cash figures adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP market prices deflator.
(ii) Average rents in England, 1979–1980 to 1994–95 (1) Cash £ per week Financial year Local authority rents Calendar year1 Housing association rents2 Private sector rents2 1979–80 6.49 1979 n/a n/a 1980–81 8.19 1980 n/a n/a 1981–82 11.53 1981 n/a n/a 1982–83 13.58 1982 n/a n/a 1983–84 14.03 1983 n/a n/a 1984–85 14.79 1984 16 16 1985–86 15.63 1985 17 18 1986–87 16.48 1986 20 23 1987–88 17.4 1987 24 26 1988–89 19.01 1988 23 29 1989–90 20.86 1989 22 31 1990–91 23.92 1990 27 43 1991–92 27.59 1991 30 51 1992–93 30.84 1992 37 55 1993–94 33.70 1993 38 68 1994–95 35.79 1994–95 43 69 1 The Family Expenditure Survey changed from a calendar to a financial year basis in 1994. 2 These figures are from the Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling variability. They cover all types of tenancy, i.e. both assured and non-assured tenancies. 310W
(2) Current prices (1994–95 prices)1 £ per week Financial year Local authority rents Calendar year2 Housing association rents3 Private sector rents3 1979–80 16.22 1979 n/a n/a 1980–81 17.30 1980 n/a n/a 1981–82 22.20 1981 n/a n/a 1982–83 24.41 1982 n/a n/a 1983–84 24.10 1983 n/a n/a 1984–85 24.19 1984 26 27 1985–86 24.24 1985 26 29 1986–87 24.81 1986 31 34 1987–88 24.87 1987 35 38 1988–89 25.47 1988 32 40 1989–90 26.12 1989 29 40 1990–91 27.73 1990 32 50 1991–92 30.10 1991 33 57
(2) Current prices (1994–95 prices)1 £ per week Financial year Local authority rents Calendar year2 Housing association rents3 Private sector rents3 1992–93 32.34 1992 39 58 1993–94 34.33 1993 39 69 1994–95 35.79 1994–95 43 69 1 Real terms figures are cash figures adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP market prices deflator. 2 The Family Expenditure Survey changed from a calendar to a financial year basis in 1994. 3 These figures are from the Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling variability. They over all types of tenancy, i.e. both assured and non-assured tenancies.