§ 51. Mr. Liptonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many of the 13,175 applications in the London Rent Assessment Panel area have been determined by rent officers; how many appeals against such determinations have been made to the London Rent Assessment Committee and with what result; and how long it takes before such appeals are heard by the Rent Assessment Committee.
Mr. McCollUp to 8th October Rent Officers in Greater London had determined 8,266 applications, of which 1,671 had been referred to rent assessment committees. 266 cases had been decided by committees; the original rent was reduced in 220 of these, unchanged in 7, and increased in 39. The time taken between reference of a case to a committee and decision has so far been about 18 weeks on average.