HC Deb 11 May 1982 vol 23 cc242-3W
Mr. Parry

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the average council house rent at the latest date for which figures are available for London boroughs.

Mr. Stanley

[pursuant to his reply, 28 April 1982, c. 303]: The average unrebated council house rent for 1981–82 is estimated to be as follows for London housing authorities:

Authority Estimated average unrebated rent (£ per dwelling per week)
Barking and Dagenham 10.90
Barnet 14.61
Bexley 13.82
Brent 12.16
Bromley 14.31
Camden 12.51
City of London 13.30
Croydon 12.09
Ealing 14.56
Enfield 13.06
Greater London Council 14.50
Greenwich 12.58
Hackney 10.13
Hammersmith and Fulham 13.60
Haringey 12.40
Harrow 16.68
Havering 13.01
Hillingdon 15.60
Hounslow 11.21
Islington 12.42
Kensington and Chelsea 19.84
Kingston-upon-Thames 15.47
Lambeth 11.42
Lewisham 12.08
Merton 14.79
Newham 11.16
Redbridge 15.37
Richmond-upon-Thames 13.76
Southwark 13.70
Sutton 14.45
Tower Hamlets 10.43
Waltham Forest 10.78
Wandsworth 16.71
Westminster 15.04

These figures are derived from returns made by local authorities to the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy; and to the Department of Employment for retail price index purposes and to my Department in claiming housing subsidy.