§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what were the average rents in each year since 1989 for(a) local authority properties, (b) housing association properties and (c) private properties. [84047]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe average weekly rents for England are as set out. These averages take no account of differences in the size, age or location of dwellings covered under the three tenures.
£ Year Local authority Housing association1 Private 1989–90 20.86 n/a n/a 1990–91 23.92 n/a 40 1991–92 27.59 29.62 n/a 1992–93 30.84 34.34 n/a 1993–94 33.70 38.17 61 1994–95 35.79 40.71 65 1995–96 38.41 44.00 70 1996–97 40.17 46.74 76 1997–98 41.18 49.71 79 1Housing association rents are at 31 March in each year. The series above runs from 31/3/92—31/3/98. Source:
LA: DETR Housing Subsidy claim forms.
HA: annual Housing Corporation HAR 10/1 and RSR.
Private: 1990, Survey of Private Renters. Other years, DETR Survey of English Housing—like all estimates from sample surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability.