HC Deb 18 June 1984 vol 62 cc77-8W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the figure for each London borough and metropolitan district of composite average rent in 1980–81, in pounds per dwelling, which has been calculated by his Department as a basis for assessing their grant-related expenditures for housing revenue account.

Sir George Young

The figures requested are as follows:

Grant related expenditure for HRA 1984–85
Composite average rents 1980–81 (before adjustment for voids) London Boroughs
£ per dwelling per week
£
City of London 8.83
Camden 8.86
Greenwich 9.23
Hackney 9.31
Hammersmith and Fulham 8.76
Islington 9.08
Kensington and Chelsea 9.17
Lambeth 9.64
Lewisham 8.89
Southwark 9.02
Tower Hamlets 9.46
Wandsworth 9.42
Westminster 8.95
Barking and Dagenham 9.23
Barnet 9.40
Bexley 9.66
Brent 9.24
Bromley 9.53
Croydon 9.73
Ealing 9.49
Enfield 9.54
Haringey 9.19
Harrow 9.51
Havering 9.54
Hillingdon 9.50

£
Hounslow 9.61
Kingston-upon-Thames 9.40
Merton 9.64
Newham 9.51
Redbridge 9.00
Richmond-upon-Thames 9.11
Sutton 9.54
Waltham Forest 9.39

Metropolitan Districts
£ per dwelling per week
£
Bolton 7.27
Bury 7.22
Manchester 7.36
Oldham 7.29
Rochdale 7.17
Salford 7.36
Stockport 7.29
Tameside 7.25
Trafford 7.24
Wigan 7.42
Knowsley 7.70
Liverpool 7.35
St. Helens 7.59
Sefton 7.55
Wirral 7.60
Barnsley 7.16
Doncaster 7.31
Rotherham 7.37
Sheffield 7.13
Gateshead 719
Newcastle upon Tyne 7.21
North Tyneside 7.30
South Tyneside 7.34
Sunderland 7.17
Birmingham 7.88
Coventry 7.45
Dudley 7.63
Sandwell 7.81
Solihull 8.64
Walsall 7.83
Wolverhampton 7.81
Bradford 7.07
Calderdale 7.12
Kirklees 6.99
Leeds 7.12
Wakefield 7.23