§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will obtain from the local authorities concerned details of the rent and rates charged for one, two, and three-bedroomed council houses on 18th June, 1970, and at the latest convenient stated date and publish these details in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. AmeryNo. Housing authorities already make annual returns of rents charged for dwellings of various types and sizes to the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants. Their latest figures are in "Housing Rent Statistics (England and Wales) as at 31st March, 1970", available in the Library.
No analysis is available of rates payable on council houses by number of bedrooms and I do not propose to incur the considerable expense, to the authorities and to the Exchequer, of making one.