§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1967, using the 1967 level as 100, the average
Year Local Authority unrebated rents at April— England Annual percentage increaese Average house prices1 England Annual percentage increase Retail prices index United Kingdom Annual percentage increase Average earnings2 Annual percentage increase 1968 11 n/a 4 7 1969 9 n/a 5 9 1970 12 6 6 10 1971 9 13 9 10 1972 11 35 7 12 1973 25 37 9 14 1974 10 8 16 14 1975 10 5 24 28 1976 15 8 17 18 1977 16 7 16 10 1978 6 16 8 13 1979 10 30 13 14 1980 20 22 18 23 1981 48 5 12 13 1982 18 2 9 10 1983 4 12 5 9 1984 5 10 5 7 1985 6 9 6 8 1986 5 15 3 8 1987 5 17 4 8 1Building Society Mortgage Completions. 1Males in Full-time Occupations: 1968–1974 Great Britain, 1975–1987 England. n/a = Not Available.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the average local authority rent level, the average housing association rent level and average mortgage repayments as a percentage of average earnings for each year since 1967.
§ Mrs. RoeThe information requested is given in the table.
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Rent level and mortgage repayments as percentage of average earnings1 England Local authority unrebated rents Housing association registered rents2 Average mortgage re-payments3 1967 7 — n/a 1968 7 — n/a 1969 7 — 17 1970 8 — 18 1971 8 — 19 1972 8 — 21 1973 8 12 24 1974 8 13 24 1975 7 12 20 1976 7 11 19 1977 7 11 19 1978 7 11 18 1979 6 11 21 1980 6 10 23 1981 8 10 22 1982 9 10 21 1983 8 10 19 1984 8 10 21 1985 8 10 23 annual percentage rise in (a) average local authority rent, (b) average house prices, (c) retail prices and (d) average earnings for people in full-time employment.
§ Mrs. RoeThe average annual percentage rise in average local authority rents, average house prices, retail prices and average earnings for people in full-time employment are given in the table.
Local authority unrebated rents Housing association registered rents2 Average mortgage re-payments3 1986 8 10 23 1987 8 10 23 1 Average earnings are of males in full-time occupations: 1968–1974 Great Britain, 1975–1987 England. 2 Housing Association rents were not registered before 1973 Service charges, if any, are included. 3 Based on mortgage advances made by building societies. Repayments are net of tax relief. n/a—not available.