§ Mr. Liptonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the average percentage rent increase determined or confirmed during the past year in respect of regulated tenancies by rent officers in each of the rent registration areas in each of the Inner London boroughs.
§ Mr. KaufmanThe average percentage increases in registered rents during 1973, the last full year for which figures are available, for the Inner London boroughs are shown below.
% % Westminster 18 Southwark 22 Camden 19 Lambeth 20 Islington 18 Wandsworth 18 Hackney 19 Hammersmith 38 Tower Hamlets 12 Kensington-Chelsea 16 Lewisham 21 City of London 33 These figures relate to cases where circumstances at the time of registration were comparable with those in which the previous registered rents were based. In 251W such cases at least three years have passed since the previous registered rent became effective.
The rents analysed are the finally registered rents whether determined by a rent officer or on appeal by a rent assessment committee.