HC Deb 19 June 1980 vol 986 cc663-4W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what sum is to be given to aid the voluntary scheme to help mobility of labour currently being devised by the local authorities association.

Mr. Stanley

A statutory power to enable a financial contribution to be made towards the costs of transfer and exchange schemes is included in the Housing Bill,

Average percentage change on previous rent
All cases (see footnote 2) Re-registrations after 3 to 4 years
Rent Assessment Panel Areas
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire 60 41
Bristol 69 42
Devon and Cornwall 91 14
Eastern 73 48
East Midlands 71 55
Greater Manchester and Lancashire 74 45
Kent 103 77
Merseyside and Cheshire 56 45
Northern 66 48
Southern 61 42
Surrey and Sussex 67 50
Thames Valley 77 44
West Midlands 71 53
Yorkshire 75 49
Wales 72 41
Boroughs in Greater London
Barking 53 40
Barnet 55 41
Bexley 54 39
Brent 50 40
Bromley 56 48
City 31 33
Camden 75 43
Croydon 74 55
Ealing 58 43
Enfield 54 36
Greenwich 37 34
Hackney 60 46
Hammersmith 61 41
Haringey 58 42
Harrow 67 43
Havering 56 41
Hillingdon 55 42
Hounslow 66 44

but a decision as to the size of any contribution will have to await agreement on the final form of the mobility scheme now under discussion with the local authority associations.

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