HC Deb 24 November 1971 vol 826 cc375-6W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed statement giving as much information as may be available of rents in general, and council rents in particular, showing the average rent charged separately for one, two, three, and four bedroomed houses and flats, respectively, in each of the major British cities and on a national average; and whether he will obtain and publish similar details for each of the countries in the European Economic Community.

Mr. Amery

Information on council rents is already published in the annual "Housing Statistics" of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants. Information on regulated registered rents in the private sector is given from time to time in the quarterly "Housing Statistics, Great Britain". Copies of both these publications are available in the Library. Similar information for E.E.C. countries cannot be obtained at reasonable expense.