Rent Assessments (Wandsworth) (Hansard, 14 October 1969)

§ Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many applications were made to the rent

APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF FAIR RENTS: LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH
Table 1	1966	1967
Applications Received^*
			3rd January to 31st December	1st January to 31st December
			Numbers of Applications for Registration
Applications received from:
(i) Tenants	…	…	319	98
(ii) Landlords	…	…	215	349
(iii) Tenants and Landlords jointly	180	120
Totals	…	…	714	567
Applications withdrawn or not entertained	…	…	123	65
Net Totals—applications received	…	…	591	502

Table 2	Comparison of Registered Rents with previous Rents Numbers of Cases in which Rent previously payable was:
Rent Officers' Determinations^*
			Reduced	Unchanged	Increased	Total	Reduced	Unchanged	Increased	Total
Applications made by:
(i) Tenants	…	…	111	50	24	185	74	9	27	110
(ii) Landlords	…	…	4	8	75	87	8	27	315	350
(iii) Tenants and Landlords jointly	8	85	42	135	11	78	50	139
Totals	…	…	123	143	141	407	93	114	392	599

Table 1	1968	1969
Applications Received^*	1st January to 31st December	1st January to 26th September
			Numbers of Applications for Registration
Applications received from:
(i) Tenants	…	…	90	77
(ii) Landlords	…	…	405	493
(iii) Tenants and Landlords jointly	122	112
Totals	…	…	617	682
Applications withdrawn or not entertained	63	67
Net Totals—applications received	554	615

Comparison of Registered Rents with previous Rents Numbers of Cases in which Rent previously payable was:
Table 2
Rent Officers' Determinations^*	Reduced	Unchanged	Increased	Total	Reduced	Unchanged	Increased	Total
Applications made by:
(i) Tenants	…	…	42	11	3	56	49	5	8	62
(ii) Landlords	…	…	11	90	292	393	17	70	370	457
(iii) Tenants and Landlords jointly	18	23	67	108	5	36	60	101
Totals	…	…	71	124	362	557	71	111	438	620
^* Numbers of applications received and of determinations made do not, of course, agree since determinations are not necessarily made in the year of applications.

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officer of the London Borough of Wandsworth in each of the years since the inception of the Rent Act, 1965; how many applications were made by tenants and how many by landlords in each year; and what was the outcome of these applications.