HC Deb 23 January 1967 vol 739 cc200-1W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many local authorities have increased their council house rents or have announced their intention of increasing council house rents since the publication of Command Paper No. 3150, Prices and Incomes Standstill: Period of Severe Restraint.

Mr. MacColl

Comprehensive information is not available.

Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list the 32 local authorities that increased thein council house rents during the period of standstill and which were referred to in paragraph 20 of Command Paper No. 3150, Prices and Incomes Standstill: Period of Severe Restraint.

Mr. MacColl

The following are the authorities referred to in paragraph 20 of Command Paper No. 3150:

England Leighton-Linslade
Bath C.B.C. U.D.C.
Birmingham C.B.C. Saxmundham U.D.C.
Rochdale C.B.C. Sheringham U.D.C.
Ashton-under-Lyne Ware U.D.C.
B.C. Wells-next-the-Sea
Slough B.C. U.D.C.
Stafford B.C. Clutton R.D.C.
Ampthill U.D.C. Dartford R.D.C.
Cheshunt U.D.C. Ringwood and Ford-
Gainsborough U.D.C. ingbridge U.D.C.
Keynsham U.D.C. Sedbergh R.D.C.
Wing R.D.C.
Scotland Newport-on-Tay B.C.
City of Dundee Peebles B.C.
Dunoon B.C. Penicuik B.C.
Loanhead B.C. Tayport B.C.
Monifieth B.C. East Lothian C.C.
Wales Chepstow U.D.C.
Bridgend U.D.C Holywell R.D.C.