§ Mr. Cleggasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) how many rent officers have been appointed under the Rent Act, 1965; and what is the total amount of salaries paid to them;
(2) what has been the cost to date of the rent offices, including salaries and wages, set up under the Rent Act, 1965; and how many applications have been so far made to them.
§ Mr. MacCollFifty-five senior rent officers and 281 rent officers have been appointed, of whom respectively 12 and 101 are part-time. Their salaries are in the scale £1,495–£1,745 per annum, with an allowance of £250 for senior rent officers; part-time officers are paid a fraction of this salary appropriate to the terms of their appointments. Claims for reimbursement of expenditure by local authorities on this service are now in course of submission and the total costs asked for are not yet available. Up to 22nd October, 23,085 applications for registration of a fair rent had been made to rent officers. Salaries, fees and travelling and other expenses of rent assessment committees and their staff to date amount to £220,240; details of the other costs involved are not available.