HC Deb 19 December 1946 vol 431 cc426-8W
Mr. Janner

asked 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. Bevan

769 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. Janner

asked 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. Bevan

Following is the information required by my hon. Friend:

Tribunal Number of Cases (including cases found incompetent or withdrawn) referred by:— Number of cases in which the rent has been reduced Average Percentage of reduction.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