Council Rents (Proportion of Income)

HC Deb 31 March 1980 vol 982 c75W

Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the proportion taken up by council rents to average incomes in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The available information is as follows:

Unrebated Council Rent—England and Wales —as a percentage of average earnings—Great Britain.

Financial year	Unrebated rent as percentage average earnings
1970–71	7.7
1971–72	7.9
1972–73	7.9
1973–74	8.5
1974–75	8.0
1975–76	7.0
1976–77	6.8
1977–78	7.1
1978–79	6.6
1979–80	6.4

Source: Department of Employment Gazette (earnings) CIPFA and Department of Employment rent returns (rents).