§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current average rent in the privately rented sector; and by what percentage it has risen in the latest available year.
§ Mr. RifkindInformation of this kind on mean registered rents is published quarterly in "Scottish Housing Statistics" (SHS), copies of which are available in the Library. The latest available figures, which cover the fourth quarter of 1980, are given in table 28 of No. 12 in the SHS series. The figures given relate in all cases to rents registered rather than to those actually charged, which in many cases will be lower.