§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to the reply dated 4 February, Official Report, c. 214, concerning rent and rate rebates, whether he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown showing how much of the total of £811 million was for rent and how much for rates; whether the rebates were in respect of local authority housing only; and what was the total amount of rent collected by local authorities.
§ Sir George YoungInformation for England and Wales for 1981–82 is as follows:
£ million Expenditure on rent rebates and allowances and rate rebates* Rent rebates: to tenants of local authorities and new towns 429 Rent allowances: to tenants of private landlords and housing associations 60 Rate rebates: to tenants and owner occupiers 322 Total 811 Rent collected† Local authorities 2,634 New towns 62 * Excluding administrative costs. Assistance to households by supplementary benefits not included. † Net of rent rebates, heating and service charges, amounts written off, reductions, refunds and voids. Including full rents of households receiving supplementary benefit.