§ 54. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the names of the rent tribunals to which requests have been made to determine the amounts of increases in rent under the Housing and Repairs Act, 1954, where the landlord provides services; the numbers of such requests in respect of each such tribunal; in which of such cases the respective tribunals have reduced the amounts originally demanded by the landlords and the average percentage by which such demands were decreased.
§ Mr. DeedesSuch information as I have, to the latest available date, is given in the table below. I regret that I cannot supply the answer to the last part of the Question without special inquiry of all the tribunals concerned.
Applications received under section 40 of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, up to and including 31st October, 1954. Name of Tribunal Applications Received Barking … 1 Camberwell (Lambeth) … 1 Croydon … 1 Ealing … 20 Islington … 3 Lewisham … 3 Hammersmith … 26 Kingston on Thames … 4 Paddington North … 36 Paddington South … 11 Hampstead … 27 Twickenham … 19 Walthamstow … 3 Westminster … 11 Wimbledon … 13 Leeds … 2 Manchester … 35 Brighton … 7 Gateshead … 7 Preston … —