HC Deb 26 November 1986 vol 106 c265W
Mr. Raynsford

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has about the total number of lettings by private landlords, excluding housing associations, currently in existence in Greater London, and as to what percentage of these involve fair rents set by the rent officer.

Mr. Tracey

From the annual "Labour Force Survey" it is estimated that there were some 400,000 households in Greater London renting from private landlords in the spring of 1984; these included job—or business-related lettings and other lettings to which the Rent Act does not apply. There were an estimated 130,000 regulated tenancies in London at the end of June 1984, for which a fair rent had been registered within the previous 24 months.