HC Deb 10 February 1971 vol 811 cc170-1W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide as much information as is available to him as to how many dwellings in each of the inner London boroughs have a rateable value of between £250 and £450.

Mr. Graham Page

The information is as follows:

NUMBERS OF DWELLINGS WITH RATEABLE VALUES
Over £200 but not over £330 Over £330
City of London 530 62
Camden 11,381 3,989
Greenwich 504 16
Hackney 984 14
Hammersmith 2,324 226
Islington 1,147 32
Kensington and Chelsea 17,879 13,347
Lambeth 1,715 47
Lewisham 618 8
Southwark 973 123
Tower Hamlets 43
Wandsworth 3,016 356
City of Wstminster 16,155 17,225

Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment why his Department has no available information concerning the number of dwellings in London as a whole with rateable values of between £200 and £400 when the latter is the upper limit for eligibility for protection under the Rent Act, 1968.

Mr. Graham Page

The information on which the replies to the earlier Questions from hon. Member were based is collected for general purposes concerned with the rating system and to provide the basis for the annual publication "Rates and Rateable Values". It does not distinguish dwellings by types of tenure and is not therefore directly relevant as a source of information on rent control.

Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide as much information as is available to him as to how many dwellings in each of the outer London boroughs have a rateable value of between £250 and £400.

Mr. Graham Page

The information is as follows:

NUMBERS OF DWELLINGS WITH RATEABLE VALUES
Over £200 but not over £330 Over £330
Barking 34
Barnet 12,830 2,851
Bexley 125 5
Brent 2,607 119
Bromley 3,590 203
Croydon 4,408 343
Ealing 3,516 182
Enfield 2,790 243
Haringey 2,161 365
Harrow 2,753 176
Havering 408 21
Hillingdon 1,902 183
Hounslow 772 23
Kingston-upon-Thames 1,627 247
Merton 2,191 554
Newham 116 8
Redbridge 1,060 26
Richmond 4,122 438
Sutton 2,305 76
Waltham Forest 183 8