§ 5. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average percentage increase or estimated increase in local authority house rents from 1980–81 to 1983–84 as a consequence of the reduction in Exchequer subsidy for council housing in those years from £2,149 million at survey prices equivalent in 1982–83 to an estimated figure of under £400 million for 1983–84.
§ Mr. StanleyLocal authorities rent decisions for 1983–84 remain to be seen, but in the period 1980–81 to 1982–83 the estimated increase in average unrebated rents in England was 110 per cent.