§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the numbers of post-1919 dwellings whose rents have been registered under the Rents Acts. 197W 1965 and 1968 in each housing authority area in the East Midlands Region.
§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what decision he has reached regarding the letter from Birmingham Corporation Housing Director dated 27th April regarding the criteria for estimating new rents for council houses in the city and also the new rents proposed in the letter; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the average rent for post-1919 dwellings in the East Midlands Region registered in the years since the Rent Act, 1965 came into force;
(2) what is his Department's estimate of the number of post-1919 dwellings in the East Midlands Region whose rents have been registered under the Rents Act 1965 and 1968;
(3) if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the numbers of post-1919 dwellings whose rents have been registered under the Rent Acts, 1965 and 1968 in each of the London boroughs;
(4) what is the average rent for post-1919 dwellings in Greater London registered in each of the years since the Rent Act, 1965 came into force;
(5) what is the average rent for post-1919 dwellings in England registered in each of the years since the Rent Act, 1965 came into force;
(6) what is his Department's estimate of the number of post-1919 dwellings in Greater London whose rents have been registered under the Rent Acts, 1965 and 1968;
(7) what is his Department's estimate of the number of post-1919 dwellings in England whose rents have been registered under the Rent Acts 1965 and 1968.
§ Mr. EyreSeparate figures for post-1919 dwellings are not readily available but for dwellings of all ages the Department's estimates of numbers for which rents have been registered and the aver-198W age rent registered for each year are as follows:
TABLE 1 ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF DWELLINGS (ALL AGES) FOR WHICH RENTS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE RENT ACTS 1965 AND (FIRST REGISTRATIONS)—PERIOD 3RD JANUARY, 1966 TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1971 INCLUSIVE. LONDON BOROUGHS City of London 106 Westminster 7,039 Camden 4,675 Islington 3,249 Hackney 3,875 Tower Hamlets 1,821 Greenwich 2,816 Lewisham 3,298 Southwark 3,974 Lambeth 5,439 Wandsworth 3,683 Hammersmith 3,396 Kensington and Chelsea 4,483 Waltham Forest 4,590 Redbridge 1,618 Havering 939 Barking 432 Newham 1,880 Bexley 1,031 Bromley 2,406 Sutton 1,353 Croydon 2,568 Merton 1,849 Richmond upon Thames 2,019 Kingston upon Thames 1,338 Hounslow 1,230 Hillingdon 1,878 Brent 3,678 Ealing 4,094 Harrow 2,008 Barnet 4,556 Haringey 3,177 Enfield 1,716 London Total 92,214 Greater London Rent Assessment Panel Area 92,214 East Midland Rent Assessment Panel Area 25,295 England 274,484
TABLE 2 AVERAGE REGISTERED RENT £P.A. 1966 1967 1968 Greater London RAP … 235 256 259 East Midland RAP … 116 117 112 England … 190 206 200 1969 1970 1971 Greater London RAP … 266 295 322 East Midland RAP … 123 133 150 England … 203 219 226 These rents are based on computer analyses of regulated tenancies for which rents have been registered for the first time and where conditions of tenancy and state of buildings at time of registration were comparable with those obtaining previously.