§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many decisions of rent officers in the London area were the subject of appeals to rent assessment committees in the years 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972, respectively; how many of those gave increases of rent over the rent officers' figures; how many were made by companies included in or controlled by a company, whose name has been sent to him; and how many of the latter gave increases of rent over the rent officers' figures.
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§ Mr. EyreAppeals were made to rent assessment committees in central London against decisions of rent officers as follows:
1968 … … … … 1,294 1969 … … … … 960 1970 … … … … 1,316 1971 … … … … 2,142 1972 … … … … 3,134 Analysis of cases where there was no substantial change in the conditions of tenance or the premises shows that the percentage in which rent assessment committees increased rents over those registered by rent officers was as follows:
Per cent 1968 … 49 1969 … 48 1970 … 63 1971 … 67 1972 (January to September) … 56 Statistics are not maintained by reference to individual landlords, and the further information requested would require a disproportionate amount of time and effort to obtain.