§ Valerie DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average rent and service charge for registered social landlord housing in the south west for(a) general needs rented housing, (b) shared ownership housing, (c) sheltered housing and (d) supported or special needs housing in 1998–99. [87616]
§ Mr. RaynsfordFor all self-contained general needs properties (including sheltered housing) owned by registered social landlords (RSLs) in the south-west region the average weekly rent and service charge as at 31 March 1998 (the most recent data available) was £54.24. These data are collected by the Housing Corporation in the Regulatory and Statistical Returns completed by RSLs.
Information about rents and service charges for shared ownership and supported or special needs housing is not currently collected for all lettings. Average rents and service charges on all new shared ownership and supported housing lettings during the year ending 31 March 1998 will be published shortly in the CORE Annual Report. The most recent data available from CORE show that the average monthly rent on new shared ownership properties in the South (which includes south-east and south-west regions) during the period April to September 1998 was £114.00; and the average weekly rent and service charge on new supported housing lettings in the south west during the period April to September 1998 was £110.91.