§ Miss Geraldine SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the 10 local authority areas with the lowest single room rent payable authorised by rent officers. [109186]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available. However, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions publication "Rent Officers Statistics" provides figures of the average weekly Single Room Rent for each London Borough, and for the counties of England and Wales. Summary statistics are also available at Government Office Region and national level. The publication of these statistics is quarterly, and a copy is placed in the Library. The latest publication covers the first quarter of 1999.