HC Deb 17 March 1982 vol 20 cc140-1W
49. Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council tenants were in receipt of rent rebates in April 1979, April 1980, April 1981 and January 1982, respectively.

Mr. Stanley

The available information on the numbers of local authority and new towns tenants receiving rent rebates in England and Wales is as follows:

(000's households)
End April 1979 975
End May 1980 1,020
End May 1981 1,215
End January 1982 Not available

Notes:

  1. (i) The figures are from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's annual publication "Housing Rents Statistics". Since 1979 the figures have been for the end of May rather than April to take account of the effect of April rent increases.
  2. (ii) Numbers exclude tenants in receipt of supplementary benefit.