§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local housing authorities increased their rents in excess of the £2.50 per week assumed by him for purposes of determining reckonable income for 1982–83.
§ Mr. StanleyOn the basis of information contained in subsidy claim forms submitted by local authorities to my Department, 126 English housing authorities have taken decisions subsequent to 1 April 1981 that will have the effect of raising their average weekly rent per dwelling in 1982–83 by more than £2.50 above the average weekly rent per dwelling in 1981–82, before any account is taken of rent rebates. The total was arrived at after carrying forward to 1982–83 the effect of 1981–82 increases made later than 341W 1 April 1981, and conversely abating 1982–83 increases to the extent that they may have been made after 1 April 1982.
As a few authorities have not yet returned their claim forms, the number given is subject to revision.