§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the ratio between average council house rents and average family incomes in England and Wales, and, from comparable information available to him from international sources, in France, Western Germany, Sweden, and the United States of America, respectively.
§ Mr. EyreRent paid by local authority tenants in England and Wales in 1972 represented an estimated average of 10 per cent. of their household incomes.
Comparable figures for the other countries are not available.