HC Deb 26 January 1984 vol 52 c670W
Mr. Allen McKay

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been, for each year from 1978 to 1983, the average council house rent.

Sir George Young

The average weekly unrebated rents in operation in April each year for all local authority —including new town—tenants in England and Wales were as follows:

£
April 1978 5.85
April 1979 6.40
April 1980 7.71
April 1981 11.43
April 1982 13.52
April 1983 14.06

These figures are based on information supplied by local authorities to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Department of the Environment.