§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) if he will issue a statement showing for the last 12 months to a convenient date the number of determinations of the rent officer in the London boroughs and for each provincial rent office, stating how many rents have been reduced, increased or kept the same, the number of applications for rent changes outstanding, the number submitted to the rent assessment committees and an approximate average of the original rents and of the rents agreed upon and registered;
(2) if he will state the determinations of the rent officers, up to the most recent date available, for the London boroughs and for each provincial rent office, showing the numbers of rents increased, decreased or unchanged.
§ Mr. MacCollFollowing is a statement in tabular form.
The latest 12 months period for which the information asked is substantially available is the year 1968 but a recent addition to our computer analyses permits the supply of cumulative figures in respect of determinations for each rent registration area for the whole period since the commencement of rent regulation in 1966 to the end of May, 1969.
In both cases the information is based on computer analyses and relates to cases where the basis on which registered rents were determined was comparable with the basis on which the previous rent was registered. The results of the analyses relate to the final rent in each cases whether fixed by Rent Officers or on appeal by Rent Assessment Committees. Numbers of cases referred to Rent Assessment Committees for each registration area are not readily available but numbers of cases decided by committees are included in the Table.
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RENT ACT 1968: APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF FAIR RENTS I—Year 1968 Determinations Analysed Number of cases (Incl. in column 2) determined by R.A.C. Number of applications for registration in hand 31.12.68 II—Period 1966 to May, 1969 inclusive Determinations Analysed Number of Previous Rents Average Number of Previous Rents Rent Registration Areas (Counties, County Boroughs and London Boroughs) Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased Previous Rent Registered Rent Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased £ p.a. £ p.a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) Bedfordshire … … 73 52 1 20 224 204 Nil 61 257 182 4 71 Berkshire … … 38 17 Nil 21 162 159 7 40 203 93 11 99 Buckinghamshire … 212 62 11 139 258 275 2 76 763 260 29 474 Cheshire … … … 305 41 9 255 151 186 8 56 830 119 33 678 Cornwall … … … 90 7 7 76 66 93 5 13 195 27 16 152 Cumberland … … 15 3 1 11 56 74 1 1 72 15 6 51 Derbyshire … … 223 45 27 151 83 101 Nil 1,466 521 122 57 342 Devon … … … 137 25 12 100 129 164 5 52 485 95 50 340 Dorset … … … 118 14 8 96 131 183 7 39 389 46 51 292 Durham … … … 108 47 3 58 87 94 20 7 338 155 14 169 Essex … … … 204 43 19 142 150 178 8 53 537 174 45 318 Gloucestershire … … 100 18 10 72 155 179 4 11 298 76 41 181 Hampshire … … 216 37 15 164 171 202 22 50 565 116 31 418 Herefordshire … … 13 7 Nil 6 143 163 1 4 36 24 — 12 Hertfordshire … … 362 49 15 298 147 225 23 83 689 127 31 531 Kent … … … 757 112 44 601 126 164 15 98 2,139 315 100 1,724 Lancashire … … 736 187 84 465 96 114 32 49 1,749 596 197 956 Leicestershire … … 110 17 4 89 83 103 1 143 266 62 18 186 Lincolnshire Holland … 11 4 4 3 103 100 Nil 1 38 12 6 20 Lincolnshire Kesteven … 6 3 Nil 3 112 93 Nil 3 24 9 1 14 Lincolnshire Lindsey … 56 10 8 38 96 112 2 29 156 46 15 95 Norfolk … … … 67 15 10 42 109 133 Nil 7 227 40 30 157 Northamptonshire … 71 34 5 32 97 108 2 7 136 71 9 56 Northumberland … 162 45 5 112 106 127 9 38 652 183 116 353 Nottinghamshire … 139 37 3 99 116 147 3 6 338 123 16 199 Oxfordshire … … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 14 22 13 2 7 Rutland … … … 9 1 Nil 8 54 65 Nil Nil 17 4 2 11 Shropshire … … 16 3 1 12 91 108 1 13 53 13 6 34 Somerset … … … 208 22 14 172 144 179 9 23 594 75 35 484 Staffordshire … … 173 19 13 141 102 156 1 99 454 115 51 288 Suffolk, East … … 114 54 20 40 224 224 3 2 219 124 29 66 Suffolk, West … … 25 12 4 9 123 101 Nil 7 52 31 4 17 Surrey … … … 382 61 19 302 190 236 19 24 1,115 173 66 876
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I—Year 1968 Determinations Analysed Number of cases (Incl. in column 2) determined by R.A.C. Number of applications for registration in hand 31.12.68 II—Period 1966 to May, 1969 inclusive Determinations Analysed Number of Previous Rents Average Number of Previous Rents Rent Registration Areas (Counties, County Boroughs and London Boroughs) Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased Previous Rent Registered Rent Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased £ p.a. £ p.a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) Sussex, East … … 320 27 30 263 183 218 4 174 1,225 126 102 997 Sussex, West … … 259 21 49 189 204 236 6 59 969 61 161 747 Warwickshire … … 112 14 11 87 164 220 1 152 379 94 29 256 Westmorland … … 31 5 Nil 26 73 147 Nil 6 55 7 1 47 Wight, Isle of … … 41 7 1 33 135 165 Nil 8 129 25 2 102 Wiltshire … … … 64 14 4 46 143 173 1 4 233 46 20 167 Worcestershire … … 71 30 11 30 141 147 1 9 217 86 42 89 Yorkshire, East Riding … 27 7 4 16 99 115 Nil 4 76 22 16 38 Yorkshire, North Riding 64 15 5 44 93 102 3 9 173 41 21 111 Yorkshire, West Riding … 581 136 37 408 73 86 18 2,264 1,077 261 83 733 Anglesey … … … 18 2 1 15 62 69 1 2 25 5 2 18 Breconshire … … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 2 6 4 1 1 Caernarvonshire … 45 6 Nil 39 73 137 19 1 74 18 Nil 56 Cardiganshire … … 4 2 Nil 2 164 128 Nil 1 11 9 Nil 2 Carmarthenshire … 11 8 2 1 144 107 1 4 44 27 5 12 Denbighshire … … 5 2 Nil 3 59 74 2 Nil 26 13 1 12 Flintshire … … 18 5 2 11 115 133 Nil 8 78 32 2 44 Glamorganshire … … 99 28 6 65 79 97 9 73 331 119 17 195 Merionethshire … … 2 1 Nil 1 123 149 1 Nil 4 2 Nil 2 Monmouthshire … … 23 4 2 17 70 85 1 50 79 22 2 55 Montgomeryshire … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil Nil Pembrokeshire … … 6 3 1 2 92 79 Nil 13 26 8 2 16 Radnorshire … … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 3 Nil Nil Nil Nil Isles of Scilly … … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely … … … 77 14 2 61 148 182 3 5 241 44 9 188 Huntingdonshire and Peterborough 12 8 Nil 4 170 136 Nil 6 53 21 1 31
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RENT ACT 1968: APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF FAIR RENTS I—Year 1968 All Cases Determined Number of cases determined by R.A.C. Number of applications for registration outstanding at 31.12.68 II—Period 1966 to May, 1969 inclusive Determinations Analysed Number of Previous Rents Average Number of Previous Rents Rent Registration Areas (Counties, County Boroughs and London Boroughs) Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased Previous Rent Registered Rent Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased £ p.a. £ p.a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) Barnsley … … … 181 9 1 8 59 56 1 1 42 29 1 12 Barrow-in-Furness … 136 2 Nil 134 46 64 Nil Nil 349 12 1 336 Bath … … … 40 6 10 24 167 195 Nil 5 118 14 17 87 Birkenhead … … 121 18 5 98 147 170 2 Nil 271 85 15 171 Birmingham … … 292 106 26 160 186 197 17 53 1,025 468 139 418 Blackburn … … 12 4 3 5 61 62 3 2 44 24 5 15 Blackpool … … 65 7 5 53 122 163 1 13 178 25 14 139 Bolton … … … 11 5 Nil 6 70 65 3 3 37 21 3 13 Bootle … … … 72 44 7 21 122 105 1 5 210 126 13 71 Bournemouth … … 182 12 15 155 176 223 8 34 475 34 62 379 Bradford … … … 87 35 3 49 87 83 1 5 300 89 8 203 Brighton … … … 271 42 25 204 163 193 4 31 693 113 79 501 Bristol … … … 177 63 12 102 176 190 19 46 608 193 35 380 Burnley … … … 21 13 Nil 8 56 50 Nil 1 59 28 2 29 Burton-on-Trent … 20 7 3 10 101 91 Nil 2 64 37 4 23 Bury … … … 7 5 Nil 2 102 101 Nil 41 29 20 2 7 Canterbury … … 9 1 3 5 144 186 Nil 1 39 3 4 32 Carlisle … … … 9 7 1 1 97 69 Nil Nil 33 28 1 4 Chester … … … 7 3 Nil 4 131 143 Nil 56 19 8 — 11 Coventry … … … 72 16 29 27 144 151 1 1 451 89 73 289 Darlington … … 15 12 1 2 143 123 3 Nil 63 50 8 5 Derby … … … 50 6 2 42 113 160 Nil 25 146 17 23 106 Dewsbury … … 23 4 3 16 54 64 Nil Nil 29 5 4 20 Doncaster … … 29 16 6 7 147 135 1 5 82 50 17 15 Dudley … … … 15 11 Nil 4 169 142 1 Nil 40 28 2 10 Eastbourne … … 180 23 4 153 173 216 7 13 499 78 23 398 Exeter … … … 26 3 1 22 149 187 3 3 100 43 1 56 Gateshead … … 232 60 23 149 61 67 3 4 455 164 39 252 Gloucester … … 15 11 1 3 154 122 1 Nil 35 20 3 12 Great Yarmouth … 11 1 5 5 85 101 Nil 3 37 11 11 15 Grimsby … … … 38 20 1 17 110 102 Nil 2 123 69 3 51 Halifax … … … 21 6 5 10 62 60 Nil Nil 51 22 6 23
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I—Year 1968 All Cases Determined Number of cases determined by R.A.C. Number of applications for registration outstanding at 31.12.68 II—Period 1966 to May, 1969 inclusive Determinations Analysed Number of Previous Rents Average Number of Previous Rents Rent Registration Areas (Counties, County Boroughs and London Boroughs) Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased Previous Rent Registered Rent Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased £ p.a. £ p.a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) Hartlepool … … 29 16 7 6 102 87 2 2 51 29 14 8 Hastings … … … 82 15 7 60 136 165 5 6 281 76 18 187 Huddersfield … … 17 3 4 10 55 61 Nil 18 80 19 8 53 Ipswich … … … 60 42 2 16 208 178 2 5 195 152 17 26 Kingston-upon-Hull … 107 59 39 9 107 91 1 20 528 364 114 50 Leeds … … … 415 58 44 313 105 140 2 88 655 142 57 456 Leicester … … … 142 49 1 92 131 129 4 7 875 160 5 710 Lincoln … … … 28 17 3 8 110 108 Nil 1 101 55 18 28 Liverpool … … 509 241 34 234 119 120 8 48 1,624 833 126 665 Luton … … … 168 117 5 46 190 190 7 18 475 239 13 223 Manchester … … 325 122 64 139 155 150 2 4 983 536 97 350 Nswcastle-upon-Tyne … 324 74 23 227 116 143 15 83 829 337 61 431 Northampton … … … 11 9 Nil 2 175 134 1 Nil 59 30 4 25 Norwich … … … 70 20 3 47 125 155 3 9 267 80 15 172 Nottingham … … 249 49 8 192 80 91 19 136 617 175 21 421 Oldham … … … 127 9 4 114 46 55 Nil 4 209 51 7 151 Oxford … … … 5 2 Nil 3 209 199 Nil 12 33 13 2 18 Plymouth … … 176 38 21 117 118 149 3 76 591 180 65 346 Portsmouth … … 190 12 51 127 158 187 Nil 53 507 58 88 361 Preston … … … 34 18 1 15 103 84 3 Nil 99 58 5 36 Reading … … … 41 19 1 21 160 167 4 3 97 45 3 49 Rochdale … … 24 3 Nil 21 31 53 Nil 7 35 10 1 24 Rotherham … … 45 33 Nil 12 92 77 2 1 104 71 4 29 St. Helens … … 25 12 Nil 13 89 92 Nil Nil 125 51 7 67 Salford … … … 92 80 1 11 110 82 18 6 293 231 7 55 Sheffield … … … 190 37 95 58 84 87 Nil 10 542 201 244 97 Solihull … … … 19 3 1 15 115 167 2 2 46 9 3 34 Southampton … … 208 40 10 158 166 194 11 29 511 131 22 358 Southend-on-Sea … 518 140 15 363 170 202 22 109 1,456 329 48 1,079 Southport … … 53 4 10 39 173 199 3 4 126 18 15 93 South Shields … … 138 35 4 99 62 74 2 54 687 180 38 469 Stockport … … 21 19 1 1 131 97 1 2 76 59 1 16 Stoke-on-Trent … … 27 19 1 7 122 102 4 290 202 62 27 113
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I—Year 1968 All Cases Determined Number of cases determined by R.A.C. Number of applications for registration outstanding at 31.12.68 II—Period 1966 to May, 1969 inclusive Determinations Analysed Number of Previous Rents Average Number of Previous Rents Rent Registration Areas (Counties, County Boroughs and London Boroughs) Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased Previous Rent Registered Rent Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased £ p.a. £ p.a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) Sunderland … … 105 42 6 57 81 92 Nil 13 331 166 21 144 Teesside … … … 49 23 5 21 85 81 1 4 386 26 38 322 Torbay … … … 20 4 2 14 202 236 1 10 34 7 4 23 Tynemouth … … 119 38 5 76 85 100 25 17 235 80 14 141 Wakefield … … 15 8 Nil 7 95 89 2 Nil 23 11 2 10 Wallasey … … … 122 17 12 93 125 164 Nil 8 348 87 35 226 Walsall … … … 73 26 15 32 123 127 Nil 5 315 139 56 120 Warley … … … 42 19 Nil 23 126 141 4 7 124 55 2 67 Warrington … … 32 14 3 15 85 80 Nil 2 86 45 14 27 West Bromwich … … 15 7 3 5 169 148 Nil 1 121 22 7 92 Wigan … … … 22 12 4 6 97 84 Nil 2 56 32 7 17 Wolverhampton … 42 24 2 16 176 169 7 1 236 63 9 164 Worcester … … 21 8 5 8 134 136 Nil 4 61 26 12 23 York … … … 30 11 7 12 120 116 3 Nil 111 36 15 60 Cardiff … … … 139 83 4 52 166 154 15 28 507 261 21 225 Merthyr Tydfil … … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 4 9 6 1 2 Newport … … … 12 8 2 2 169 165 Nil Nil 37 22 2 13 Swansea … … … 38 17 4 17 127 131 Nil 6 140 80 10 50 Westminster … … 1,178 222 133 823 374 438 253 162 2,779 559 353 1,867 Camden … … … 225 345 49 531 273 302 208 241 2,021 753 233 1,035 Islington … … … 528 185 42 301 217 222 38 66 1,703 791 178 734 Hackney … … … 953 694 18 241 227 180 443 132 2,305 1,619 51 635 Tower Hamlets … … 222 154 6 62 158 125 39 61 1,137 766 125 246 Greenwich … … 240 90 25 125 162 164 26 39 902 339 94 469 Lewisham … … 418 212 21 185 197 191 69 84 1,263 671 57 535 Southwark … … 509 205 25 279 144 156 6 339 1,784 788 55 941 Lambeth … … 564 148 79 337 217 242 30 109 2,090 607 265 1,218 Wandsworth … … 484 71 66 347 200 244 22 84 1,602 294 258 1,050 Hammersmith … … 276 99 27 150 217 219 13 71 1,139 545 87 507 Kensington and Chelsea 78 11 5 62 325 408 19 108 1,018 258 89 671 Waltham Forest … 693 46 205 442 140 180 6 122 2,055 302 556 1,197 Redbridge … … 177 23 7 147 188 253 3 20 555 150 24 381 Havering … … … 86 14 10 62 177 226 4 40 332 86 39 207
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I—Year 1968 All Cases Determined Number of cases determined by R.A.C. Number of applications for registration outstanding at 31.12.68 II—Period 1966 to May, 1969 inclusive Determinations Analysed Number of Previous Rents Average Number of Previous Rents Rent Registration Areas (Counties, County Boroughs and London Boroughs) Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased Previous Rent Registered Rent Total Number Reduced Unchanged Increased £ p.a. £ p.a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) Barking … … … 32 12 6 14 180 187 4 16 142 89 14 39 Newham … … … 267 102 9 156 135 155 54 16 919 501 20 398 Bexley … … … 91 35 6 50 178 219 6 19 314 93 33 188 Bromley … … … 200 31 12 157 190 251 11 106 780 166 113 501 Croydon … … … 189 70 19 100 207 219 6 21 799 271 49 479 Sutton … … … 111 11 12 88 209 266 4 52 444 74 37 333 Merton … … … 197 17 23 157 211 277 7 44 690 106 82 502 Kingston upon Thames … 179 29 28 122 274 305 28 32 442 105 65 272 Richmond upon Thames 285 32 35 218 287 334 22 64 871 144 124 603 Hounslow … … 159 39 11 109 223 268 17 24 522 176 23 323 Hillingdon … … 204 26 14 164 182 274 6 13 550 85 61 404 Ealing … … … 513 88 23 402 224 287 171 87 1,583 510 77 996 Brent … … … 302 90 39 173 246 270 13 141 1,193 441 115 637 Harrow … … … 162 12 13 137 253 311 6 20 587 47 97 443 Barnet … … … 600 85 36 479 292 350 67 146 1,890 344 116 1,430 Haringey … … … 615 183 25 407 206 233 69 106 1,810 686 69 1,055 Enfield … … … 109 37 27 45 229 221 14 43 438 165 66 207 City of London … … Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 6 — — 6