§ Mr. Cleggasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish a table showing the number of cases considered by rent officers in the area of the Lancashire County Council and county boroughs in Lancashire; how many such cases showed an increase or decrease in rent; and what were the respective amounts reimbursed to the several local authorities for the service of such rent officers.
§ Mr. MacCollThe information is given in the following table.
A number of six-monthly claims for reimbursement have not yet been received, but, on the other hand, the amount so far reimbursed includes nonrecurring expenditure incurred in setting up the rent officer service.