§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he 263W will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT for each of the last three years and for each of the 15 Rent Assessment Panels, the number of cases received, and withdrawn before any hearing, the number of decisions taken to reduce, increase, and to make no alteration in rents, respectively, and the total amount of increases and decrease
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Panel Area Applications Received Withdrawn Previous Rent Reduced Previous Rent Confirmed Previous Rent Increased Total Determined 1966 London … 2,033 13 498 29 120 647 Northern … 105 7 73 — 4 77 Yorkshire … 124 8 55 5 9 69 Manchester … 125 14 91 2 5 98 Liverpool … 65 4 34 3 12 49 West Midland … 188 22 124 2 14 140 East Midland … 72 12 36 2 6 44 Eastern … 82 2 24 — 4 28 Luton … 57 3 12 — 22 34 Thames Valley … 38 — 15 — 2 17 Bristol … 46 2 19 1 13 33 Devon and Cornwall 61 — 28 4 21 53 Southern … 41 2 12 1 12 25 Surrey and Sussex … 82 13 30 3 19 52 Kent … 54 6 25 — 10 35 Total … 3,173 108 1,076 52 273 1,401 1967 London … 2,696 259 1,779 76 766 2,621 Northern … 122 15 58 2 60 120 Yorkshire … 61 4 81 — 20 101 Manchester … 102 3 63 7 24 94 Liverpool … 75 7 34 2 19 55 West Midland … 81 16 60 5 16 81 East Midland … 57 10 16 9 31 56 Eastern … 109 7 55 7 81 143 Luton … 124 3 131 3 4 138 Thames Valley … 40 8 27 2 19 48 Bristol … 46 7 20 3 24 47 Devon and Cornwall 18 7 6 — 10 16 Southern … 89 18 38 1 29 68 Surrey and Sussex … 93 17 41 7 39 87 Kent … 47 9 20 1 28 49 Total … 3,760 390 2,429 125 1,147 3,724 1968 London … 1,274 157 1,148 47 601 1,796 Northern … 85 13 28 — 38 66 Yorkshire … 371 27 32 2 241 275 Manchester … 73 15 32 4 36 72 Liverpool … 32 6 30 2 13 45 West Midland … 76 15 34 — 19 53 East Midland … 160 25 13 — 74 87 Eastern … 49 8 35 1 13 49 Luton … 72 19 18 — 35 53 Thames Valley … 36 8 14 2 8 24 Bristol … 52 8 27 3 16 46 Devon and Cornwall 35 6 7 3 16 26 Southern … 46 12 23 1 23 47 Surrey and Sussex … 67 15 26 4 26 56 Kent … 32 11 13 — 7 20 Total … 2,460 345 1,480 69 1,166 2,715 creases in the rents decided by the panels, respectively.
§ Mr. MacCollThis information is tabulated below, except for figures of the total amounts of increases and of decreases in rents decided by panels, which are not available and cannot be secured without disproportionate cost.