§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the mean average percentage rent increase determined by each rent assessment committee in 1979–80 and each subsequent year.
§ Sir George YoungAvailable information on the results of appeals to rent assessment committees in England and Wales is as follows:
Mean percentage increases on rents fixed by rent officers 1979 1980 1981 First half 1982 Northern 3.6 2.6 2.9 0.2 Yorkshire 7.3 8.7 11.6 3.4 East Midlands -1.5 5.7 5.7 5.4 Eastern 4.3 6.0 10.5 3.2 Beds., Herts, and Cambs. 5.6 0.4 3.6 5.6 Thames Valley 6.3 5.5 Kent -7.3 -6.9 -3.0 1.5 Surrey and Sussex 7.7 5.4 Greater London 9.8 10.1 10.1 8.1 Southern 8.6 11.7 7.7 5.6 Bristol 7.5 8.3 5.4 3.9 Devon and Cornwall 7.6 6.5 4.6 5.5 West Midlands 6.8 3.3 5.6 2.2 Merseyside and Cheshire 4.3 6.2 6.9 2.8 Greater Manchester and Lancs. 3.7 2.2 1.7 4.9 Wales 15.3 10.8 11.8 5.5 England and Wales 7.2 8.1 7.6 5.0 Notes: Figures are averages of the individual percentage changes in all cases (furnished and unfrurnished tenancies) referred to rent assessment committees.
§ Mr. Dobson.asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the names and occupations of the members of the rent assessment committee responsible for adjudications in central London.
§ Sir George YoungRent assessment committees dealing with objections to registered rents in respect of properties in central London are drawn from the London rent assessment panel. A list giving the names and occupations of the 95 current members of that panel, and of all other rent assessment panels in England, is placed in the Library of the House. The latest list is dated 1 October 1983.