§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of typical selected cases including all relevant information and evidence submitted to his Department by the rent assessment committees in Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellRent Assessment Committees operate independently, under statute, and do not submit their decisions to me.
§ Mr. John Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a statistical analysis of the findings of rent assessment committees in Scotland in relation, respectively, to the number of cases dealt with over the previous three years, to the number of increases and decreases in rent as a result of the decisions of the rent assessment committees, and to the range of such increases or decreases and such other elevant information as is available.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellA statistical analysis of Rent Assessment Committee decisions is given in Appendix 13 to the Scottish Development Department Report 85W for 1970 (Cmnd. 4625). The ranges of increases and decreases compared with the Rent Officers' determinations were as follows:
Percentage of cases 1968 1969 1970 Rent unchanged 50 68 28 Rent reduced: By up to 10 per cent. 15 19 16 By over 10 per cent. 12 3 16 Rent increased: By up to 10 per cent. 12 4 16 By over 10 per cent. 11 6 24