§ Sir Peter Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish a table setting out the proportion of average income of a married couple with two children taken up by average local authority rates in 1956, 1960, 1970, 1975, 1980 and the latest date for which figures are available;
(2) if he will publish a table setting out the proportion of average income of a married couple with two children, taken up by average council house rents in 1956, 1960, 1970, 1975, 1980, and the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Dr. BoysonInformation for 1956 and 1960 is not available.
The following are the available estimates of income and of rent and rates due on local authority dwellings occupied by households comprising a man, a woman and two children.
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One Man, One Woman, Two Children Households Local Authority Tenants1 United Kingdom Average gross weekly income Average unrebated weekly rent and rates as per cent of income £ £ % 1970 31.50 3.20 10.2 1975 71.60 6.30 8.8 1980 137.00 12.40 9.0 1984 2159.90 23.20 14.5 Notes: 1 Figures for 1980 and 1984 include housing association tenants. 2 Until 1983, income of those local authority tenants on supplementary benefit included assistance towards housing costs. Source: Family Expenditure Survey.