§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the average amount by which the fair rents proposed by Yorkshire local authorities have been increased by the rent scrutiny board;
(2) how many Yorkshire local authorities have so far received the decisions of the rent scrutiny board; and what is the approximate number of houses covered and the number of authorities in Yorkshire still awaiting decision.
§ Mr. ChannonThirty-nine local authorities in Yorkshire have so far received the reports of their respective rent scrutiny boards. These reports cover the rents of nearly 53,000 dwellings. A further 111 local authorities have yet to receive their reports. Since fewer than one third of the authorities have received reports, covering only a small proportion of the council dwellings in the area, I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by calculating the average amount by which the fair rents proposed by local authorities had been amended by rent scrutiny boards so far.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average amount by which the Yorkshire Rent Assessment Committee has increased the rent proposed by the rent officer in cases where the tenants and not the landlords have appealed during the last year.
§ Mr. ChannonFour pounds a year—3 per cent.—for 974 cases recorded and analysed by computer during 1972 and £4 a year—3 per cent.—for 339 cases recorded and analysed during the first half of 1973.