RENTS.

HC Deb 11 November 1926 vol 199 cc1287-92W

Mr. SMITHERS

asked the Minister of Health whether he can give any informa-

(a) London County Council.—Range of Weekly Nett Rents charged at Council's Housing Estates under the Housing Acts of 1919, 1923 and 1924.
—	Becontree.	Bellingham, 1919 Act.
1919 Act.	1923 Act.	1924 Act.
	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.
2 rooms (flats)	7	9	—	9	0	7	6	—	8	0	7	6	—	12	0	10	0	—	11	3
3 rooms (flats)	8	6	—	10	6		—			—			—
3 rooms (houses)	9	3	—	12	6	9	6	—	11	0	9	9	—	12	6	13	6	—	14	3
4 rooms (non-parlour)	10	6	—	14	3	10	6	—	14	9	10	3	—	14	6	14	6	—	16	3
4 rooms (parlour)	11	6	—	13	6	10	9	—	13	6	11	3	—	14	0	15	0	—	16	3
5 rooms	12	6	—	16	0	12	9	—	14	3	12	3	—	15	3	16	6	—	17	9
6 rooms	16	6	—	18	0		—			—			—

—	Old Oak, 1919 Act.	Norbury, 1919 Act.	White Hart Lane.
1919 Act.	1924 Act.
	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.
2 rooms (flats)	—	—	9	6	—	10	3	9	3	—	9	6
3 rooms (flats)	—	—	11	0	—	11	9	—
3 rooms (houses)	9	9	—	11	9	9	6	—	15	0	12	6	—	13	6	—
4 rooms (non-parlour)	11	0	—	12	3	11	0	—	15	9	13	6	—	15	0	—
4 rooms (parlour)	12	0	—	14	3	12	3	—	16	6	14	6	—	15	9	—
5 rooms	13	6	—	16	9	17	0	—	18	0	15	6	—	16	9	14	3	—	14	9
	(flats).
6 rooms	—	—	—	—

—	Roehampton.	Downham, 1924 Act.
1919 Act.	1923 Act.
	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.	s.	d.		s.	d.
2-room flats	…	…	11	0	—	11	6			—			9	0	—	10	9
3-room flats	…	…	12	6	—	13	6			—			10	0	—	11	0
4-room flats	…	…			—					—			11	6	—	12	0
3 rooms (house)	…	…	11	6	—	15	6	11	6	—	12	6	10	3	—	13	6
4 rooms (non-parlour)	…	…	12	6	—	17	0	12	6	—	13	6	11	3	—	14	6
4 rooms (parlour)	…	…	13	6	—	15	3	13	6	—	15	0	12	3	—	15	3
5 rooms (house)	…	…	14	6	—	21	3			—			13	0	—	16	9

tion comparising the level of rents charged for houses built under the Housing Acts of 1919, 1923, and 1924, respectively?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The following tables give particulars as to the rents, exclusive of rates charged by (a) the London County Council and (5) by certain metropolitan borough and county borough councils, for houses erected by them under the three Acts in question.

(b) Weekly rents charged by certain Metropolitan Borough and County Borough Councils for houses built by them under the Housing Acts of 1919, 1923 and 1924.
Local Authority.	1919 Act Scheme.	1923 Act Scheme.	1924 Act Scheme.
Non-parlour Houses.	Parlour Houses.	Non-parlour Houses.	Parlour Houses.	Non-parlour Houses.	Parlour Houses.
No. of Bedrooms	2	3	2	3	4	2	3	2	3	4	2	3	2	3	4
Metropolitan Boroughs:	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Hackney	8	7	—	—	14	6	—	—	—	16	0-	19	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
															19	6
Kensington	—	—	—	16	0	18	6	—	—	—	19	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lambeth	10	0	12	0-	—	15	0	—	—	15	0-	—	18	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
	10	6	12	6									16	0
Poplar	7	4	8	5	—	10	0	11	0	7	10	9	0	—	—	—	7	10	9	0-	—	—	—
																							12	11
Wandsworth	—	14	0	—	15	6	—	—	14	6-	—	—	—	—	13	6-	—	—	—
													15	0									14	0
County Boroughs:
Birmingham	—	7	0-	7	0	8	3-	9	6	—	7	9-	—	9	0-	—	—	7	9-	—	9	0-	—
			8	6		10	6	11	3		8	0		10	6		8	0		10	6
Bolton	8	6	9	0	11	0	12	0	11	0-	—	—	—	—	—	8	6	8	9-	—	—	—
									11	6													10	0-
																							10	6
Bradford	6	4	6	8	—	9	3	10	3	6	4	6	8	—	9	3	10	3	6	4	6	8	—	9	3	10	3
Bristol	7	6	8	6-	—	10	0-	—	—	6	6-	—	9	6-	—	—	7	6	—	8	6	—
			9	6			11	6					9	6			11	0
Cardiff	—	8	6	—	10	0	—	7	0	8	6	—	10	0	—	—	8	6	—	10	0	—
Croydon	—	12	0-	15	6-	l7	0-	—	12	0	13	0	—	—	—	10	6-	12	0	—	12	6-	—
			13	6	16	0	17	6													12	0					15	0
Kingston-upon-Hall	8	0	9	0-	—	10	9-	—	8	0	9	0	—	10	9	—	—	—	—	10	5	—
			9	6			11	6

Local Authority.	1919 Act Scheme.	1923 Act Scheme.	1924 Act Scheme.
Non-parlour Houses.	Parlour Houses.	Non-parlour Houses.	Parlour Houses.	Non-parlour Houses.	Parlour Houses.
No. of Bedrooms	2	3	2	3	4	2	3	2	3	4	2	3	2	3	4
County Boroughs—contd.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Leeds	—	7	3-	—	9	3-	11	0-	—	—	—	—	—	8	5	9	10	—	—	—
			9	0			11	0	12	0
Leicester	7	0	7	6-	—	9	6-	12	0-	—	8	0	—	10	0	—	—	8	6	—	10	0	—
			8	9			13	0	12	6
Liverpool	9	9	10	3	11	0	11	6	12	0	—	9	6	—	10	9	—	—	9	9	—	11	0	12	0
Manchester	7	0-	9	0-	—	11	0-	12	6-	7	0-	9	0-	—	11	0-	12	6-	7	0-	9	0-	—	11	0-	—
	8	0	10	0			12	6	15	0	8	0	10	0			12	6	15	0	8	0	12	0			12	6
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	7	6-	9	6	—	11	0	12	3	7	0	8	0-	—	—	11	0	6	2-	7	8-	—	—	12	5-
	8	0											9	6							9	0	10	10					13	1
Plymouth	—	8	3	—	10	0-	12	6	—	8	3-	—	10	0-	12	6	—	8	3-	—	10	0-	12	6
			8	9			10	6					8	9			10	6					8	9			10	6
Portsmouth	8	0	8	3	—	9	6	10	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	0	—	12	6-	—
																											13	6
Salford	—	8	6	—	10	6	12	6	8	0	8	6	—	—	—	8	0	8	6	—	—	—
Sheffield	7	0	8	6	—	10	0	—	7	0	8	6	—	10	0	—	7	0	8	6	—	10	0	—
Southampton	9	0-	10	9-	—	11	6-	14	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	0-	—
	10	3	11	6			13	2																			11	0
Stoke-on-Trent	7	9-	9	0-	—	l0	0-	12	6-	6	6	—	—	9	0	—	—	8	6	—	—	—
	8	6	10	0		12	0	13	0
Sunderland	—	—	—	—	17	0	—	—	—	—	—	8	0	9	0	—	—	—
Swansea	—	7	0-	—	9	0-	—	7	0	8	0-	—	10	0	—	8	0	8	6-	—	7	9-	—
			8	6			10	0					8	6									9	6			10	10