§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the mean average rent increase agreed by rent officers in each district in 1979 and each year since; and what was the mean average of increases agreed by rent officers for the area of each rent assessment committee.
§ Sir George YoungMean percentage rent changes determined by rent officers in 1979 and 1980 appear in the rent officer note RO(S)38, which is available in the Library, for London boroughs, metropolitan districts and non-metropolitan counties and for rent assessment panel areas. These figures relate to regulated unfurnished tenancies re-registered within three to four years of previous registration. For 1981 and 1982, figures for London boroughs and for counties elsewhere are in table 11.6 of "Housing and Construction Statistics 1972–1982", also in the Library. Estimates for the rent assessment panel areas are as follows:
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Estimated mean percentage rent changes for rent assessment panel areas 1981–82 1981 1982 Bristol 50 45
1981 1982 Cambridgeshire, Chilterns and Thames (formerly Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and Thames Valley) 51 45 Devon and Cornwall 49 48 Eastern 48 45 East Midlands 62 57 Greater Manchester and Lancashire 52 52 Merseyside and Cheshire 50 48 Northern 52 50 South Eastern (formerly Kent and Surrey and Sussex) 61 54 Southern 51 48 West Midlands 61 48 Yorkshire 56 57 Greater London 47 44 Wales 51 50 England and Wales 53 50