HC Deb 14 February 1978 vol 944 cc150-2W
Mr. Douglas-Mann

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish a table showing, for each of the last five years, region by region, the average level of local authority rent before and after rebating, the average level of manual earnings and the relationship of such rents to such earnings expressed in percentage terms.

Mr. Armstrong

Following is the information:

REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY AVERAGE RENTS AND AVERAGE MANUAL EARNINGS
Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West West Midlands North West Wales England and Wales
1973—
(1) Average weekly unrebated rent … 2.97 2.88 2.99 3.26 4.09 3.50 3.30 3.19 3.25 3.44
(2) Average weekly rebated rent … 2.70 2.53 2.63 2.90 3.64 3.08 2.90 2.84 2.89 3.13
(3) Average weekly earnings: male manual workers … 40.05 39.06 39.38 39.05 42.30 38.85 42.03 40.28 40.52 41.03
(4)(1)as percentage of (3) … … 7.4 7.4 7.6 8.3 9.7 9.0 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.4
(5) (2)as percentage of (3) … … 6.7 6.5 6.7 7.4 8.6 7.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.6
1974—
(1) Average weekly unrebated rent … 3.33 3.32 3.37 3.59 4.44 3.73 3.65 3.59 3.44 3.78
(2) Average weekly rebated rent … 3.02 2.93 2.97 3.19 3.93 3.30 3.23 3.20 3.07 3.35
(3) Average weekly earnings: male manual workers … 47.77 46.69 46.44 46.56 50.57 45.98 49.40 47.91 47.55 48.68
(4) (1)as percentage of (3) … … 7.0 7.1 7.3 7.7 8.8 8.1 7.4 7.5 7.2 7.8
(5) (2) as percentage of (3) … … 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.9 7.8 7.2 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.9
1975—
(1) Average weekly unrebated rent … 3.64 3.61 3.91 3.95 4.84 4.30 3.96 3.90 4.00 4.16
(2) Average weekly rebated rent … 3.20 3.11 3.44 3.51 4.34 3.72 3.53 3.48 3.53 3.68
(3) Average weekly earnings: male manual workers … … … 61.44 57.54 56.61 56.74 61.42 55.99 58.95 58.80 58.19 59.46
(4) (1) as percentage of (3) … … 5.9 6.3 6.9 7.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.6 6.9 7.0
(5) (2) as percentage of (3) … … 5.2 5.4 6.1 6.2 7.1 6.6 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.2
1976—
(1) Average weekly unrebated rent … 4.11 4.07 4.27 4.63 5.59 5.04 4.55 4.46 4.46 4.77
(2) Average weekly rebated rent … 3.53 3.48 3.72 4.05 4.96 4.35 4.00 3.98 3.90 4.19
(3) Average weekly earnings: male manual workers … … … 68.28 65.45 63.82 64.35 67.99 62.63 66.88 66.25 67.69 66.90
(4) (1) as percentage of (3) … … 6.0 6.2 6.7 7.2 8.2 8.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 7.1
(5) (2) as percentage of (3) … … 5.2 5.3 5.8 6.3 7.3 6.9 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.3
1977—
(1) Average weekly unrebated rent … 5.01 4.94 4.98 5.25 3.32 5.56 5.35 5.14 5.14 5.52
(2) Average weekly rebated rent … 4.35 4.22 4.35 6.61 5.65 4.86 4.74 4.61 4.51 4.86
(3) Average weekly earnings: male manual workers … … … Not available
(4) (1)as percentage of (3) … … Not available
(5) (2) as percentage of (3) … … Not available
Rent figures relate of May 1973, and April in subsequent years.
Average weekly earnings relate to men aged 21 or over in full-time manual work at October each year.
At Item (2) in each year the rents of tenants receiving supplementary benefit are unrebated as the full rent is taken into account when calculating entitlement to supplementary benefit.