HC Deb 29 March 1973 vol 853 c401W
Mr. Carter

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average weekly rent of council property in each of the years 1950 to 1972 inclusive; and what this represented as a percentage of the average weekly wage.

Mr. Eyre

The information on rents is not available before 1961. Since then the following is the information:

Average weekly unrebated council rent in England and Wales at March/April Percentage of manual workers' average weekly earnings in October
1961 1.08* 7
1962 1.19* 8
1963 1.24* 7
1964 1.32* 7
1965 1.41 * 7
1966 1.55* 8
1967 1.69* 8
1968 1.89 8
1969 2.04 8
1970 2.22 8
1971 2.48 8
1972 2.75 8
* For these years the figure is the average weekly rebated rent. The unrebated figure would have been only marginally higher

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