§ Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Health how many local authorities have not yet applied for tribunals to be set up under the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946; and whether he will advise those who have not done so to make the appropriate application especially so as to prevent the possibility of exorbitant rents being charged in their districts.
§ Mr. Bevan769 local authorities, principally urban and rural districts councils, had not by 13th December made application for a tribunal to be established in their district. Of these 679 are in England and 90 in Wales. I do not think it is necessary at present to advise local authorities generally to make such application, though whenever I receive representations of the need for a tribunal I consult the local authority concerned.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Health if he will state, to the nearest convenient date, in respect of each tribunal appointed under the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946, the number of cases submitted to that tribunal by lessees and by local authorities, respectively; in how many of these cases has the tribunal reduced the rental payable by the lessees: and by what approximate percentages.
§ Mr. BevanFollowing is the information required by my hon. Friend:
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Tribunal Number of Cases (including cases found incompetent or withdrawn) referred by:— Number of cases in which the rent has been reduced Average Percentage of reduction. Lessee. Local Authorities per cent. Hammersmith … 374 5 127 27 Westminster … 240 Nil 98 32 Paddington … 606 2 167 36 Hampstead … 228 Nil 97 29 Wimbledon … 76 Nil 28 33 Southwark … 77 Nil 41 35 Lewisham … 71 Nil 20 38 Islington … 130 Nil 58 40 Stepney … 35 Nil 11 50 Twickenham … 78 Nil 41 32 Ealing … 132 Nil 40 30 Walthamstow … 17 Nil 3 56 Kingston-on-Thames … 107 Nil 34 30 Willesden … 117 Nil 52 44 Tottenham … 77 1 28 38 East and West Ham … 13 Nil 4 33 Croydon … 79 Nil 47 26 Newcastle … 43 Nil 14 40 Gateshead … 5 Nil 3 27 Lake District … 3 Nil Nil Nil Middlesbrough … 5 Nil Nil Nil Sheffield … 50 Nil 26 32 Huddersfield … 7 Nil Nil Nil Leeds … 56 Nil 13 34 Bradford … 7 Nil Nil Nil Oxford … 27 Nil 9 33 Slough … 14 Nil 2 45 Bournemouth … 51 Nil 3 22 Reading … 34 Nil 12 25 Aldershot … 20 Nil 9 26 Portsmouth … Nil Nil Nil Nil Bristol … 67 Nil 30 28 Plymouth … 7 Nil Nil Nil Weston-super-Mare … 16 Nil 4 34 Cheltenham … 9 Nil Nil Nil Exeter … 17 Nil Nil Nil Bath … 7 1 Nil Nil Birmingham (East) … 35 Nil 1 31 Birmingham (West) … 38 Nil Nil Nil Wolverhampton … 10 Nil Nil Nil Walsall … 3 Nil Nil Nil Coventry … 22 2 1 25 Manchester … 146 Nil 46 36 Salford … 25 Nil 9 31 Rochdale … 2 Nil Nil Nil Chester … 8 15 11 23 Brighton … 83 Nil Nil Nil Guildford … 8 1 Nil Nil Maidstone … 14 Nil Nil Nil Leicester … 52 Nil 13 24 Watford … 12 Nil Nil Nil Bedford … 7 Nil 2 27 East Glamorgan … 5 Nil 2 18 Swansea and West Wales … 18 Nil 2 61 Newport and Monmouthshire … 7 Nil 1 20 North Wales … 14 Nil 2 44 Total … 3,421 27 1,113 33