§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the extent to which the number of units of accommodation to be let for rent has diminished, following the passage of the 1957 Rent Act and until the Rent Act of 1965.
§ Mr. MacCollNo reliable estimates are available for the years before 1961. Estimates based on data gathered in the 1961 and 1966 Censuses are that in December, 1961, there were about 4.1 million privately rented dwellings in Great Britain; in December, 1965, when the Rent Act of 1965 came into force, about 3.5 million; and in June, 1968, about 3.1 million.