§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked 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. StanleyA statutory power to enable a financial contribution to be made towards the costs of transfer and exchange schemes is included in the Housing Bill,
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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.