HC Deb 25 March 1974 vol 871 cc29-30W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will announce the names of the present rent assessment board for the Cumbria area, their qualifications, the amount of travelling and other allowances, and the average number of meetings to date; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Freeson

I assume it is the rent scrutiny board for Cumberland and Westmorland that my hon. Friend has in mind. The chairman and members of the board are listed below.

  • Chairman: J. Johnston, JP, FRICS.
  • R. Smalley, TD, FRICS.
  • Col. T. H. H. Hodgson, DSO, MC, TD.
  • E. J. Capstick, AR1CS.
  • G. E. N. Watson, FRICS.
  • R. C. Sutcliff, FRICS.
  • G. D. Windle, FRICS.
  • R. K. Slater, JP.
  • H. W. Whitehead, JP.
  • W. A. Carrick.
  • M. Munro, JP.
  • W. R. Foster, JP.
  • A. Pennington, JP.
  • N. Hewitson, OB, JP.
  • L. T. Hall.
  • W. L. R. Mather, JP.
  • R. J. S. Addison.

The board has met 13 times and has carried out 1,637 house inspections. Expenditure on rent scrutiny board services cannot conveniently be separated from expenditure on all other rent assessment panel services for which my Department is responsible. The assessment of travelling and other allowances for work on the Cumberland and Westmorland rent scrutiny boards could not be made except at disproportionate cost.