§ 76. Mr. Iremongerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he has referred the rent increases made by the Redbridge Borough Council, as well as those made by the Greater London Council, to the National Board for Prices and Incomes; on what basis he differentiates between local authorities in this respect; and if he will institute an inquiry into the degree to which ratepayers and taxpayers are now contributing towards the cost of council housing.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe local authorities whose proposals were referred to the 31W Board in 1967 were chosen as a representative selection of authorities who were proposing or had made rent increases. The Redbridge Borough Council was only one of many authorities whose proposals were not so referred.
Exchequer subsidies and rate fund contributions to the Housing Revenue Account are being taken into account in the longer-term review of housing finance.