§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average level of rent paid by local authority tenants in(a) Greater London and (b) England in each year since 1989. [39339]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe average weekly rents for local authority tenants for the financial years since 1989–90 are as follows:
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£ England1 Greater London1 1989–90 20.86 24.65 1990–91 23.92 29.10 1991–92 27.59 36.76 1992–93 30.84 41.77 1993–94 33.70 45.72 1994–95 35.79 47.05 1995–96 38.41 50.76 1996–97 40.17 53.11 1997–98 41.18 54.20 1 Provisional
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average level of rent paid by tenants of housing associations and other registered social landlords in(a) England and (b) Greater London in each year since 1989. [39340]
§ Mr. RaynsfordRents covering the whole Registered Social Landlords/housing associations stock have been collected by the Housing Corporation since 1992. The average weekly rents for England and Greater London are as follows:
£ at 31 March England Greater London 1992 29.62 32.97 1993 34.34 39.90 1994 38.17 42.74 1995 40.71 46.25 1996 44.00 50.28 1997 46.74 53.12 Source:
Housing corporation HAR 10/1 return
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average level of rent paid by tenants of private landlords in(a) England and (b) Greater London in each year since 1989. [39338]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe figures shown in the table are from the Family Expenditure Survey (FES) for years up to 1992 and from the Survey of English Housing (SEH), which has a larger sample, from 1993–94. The FES was run on a calendar year basis up to 1992, while the SEH has been on a financial year basis since it started in April 1993.
Average rents of tenants of private landlords, 1989 to 1996–97 £ a week England Greater London 1989 31 45 1990 43 55 1991 51 77 1992 55 76 1993–94 65 97 1994–95 68 99 1995–96 74 105 1996–97 81 125 Notes:
1. The averages exclude rent-free lettings.
2. Rents include water rates and services if included with the rental payment.
3. Like all estimates from sample surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability. The figures for Greater London are subject to greater sampling variability than those for England as a whole because of the smaller sample size. Individual year-to-year movements shown by the estimates, both for Greater London and for England, are liable to reflect variations in the sample as well as real changes, but the broad indication of long term trends will still be valid.
4. A comparison between the SEH and the FES does not indicate any systematic differences in average private rents due to differences in survey method.