§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what have been the average annual rents for local authority dwellings for each year since 1967, shown at 1987 prices.
Annual average prices1 of dwellings from 1969–87 at 1987 prices2 Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Greater London South East South West West Midlands North West 1969 21,733 20,106 22,183 25,150 36,250 33,892 26,308 25,442 22,950 1970 21,678 19,985 21,810 24,829 37,846 34,222 26,831 24,692 23,009 1971 22,055 20,216 22,060 24,964 39,883 36,602 27,959 24,753 22,582 1972 25,391 22,891 26,367 32,981 52,129 46,504 36,452 29,238 26,850 1973 31,876 30,350 35,217 42,345 62,114 56,598 46,727 37,728 33,691 1974 31,286 30,711 34,053 40,741 55,046 51,671 43,001 37,984 32,938 1975 28,632 27,013 29,789 34,379 44,488 43,731 36,073 32,405 29,139 1976 26,748 25,576 27,242 30,323 39,832 39,785 33,273 29,737 26,868 1977 26,004 23,683 25,107 26,894 36,986 36,370 29,940 27,672 25,452 1978 26,604 24,677 26,127 28,489 39,078 38,579 31,620 29,252 27,351 1 Prices of buildings society mortgage completions 2 Prices adjusted to 1987 levels by Retail Prices Index movements 154W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Northern 27,777 26,998 25,349 22,673 24,031 25,829 24,544 25,348 27,275 Yorkshire and Humberside 26,985 26,966 26,167 22,810 25,028 25,546 25,139 26,675 27,747 East Midlands 28,484 28,855 26,525 24,450 26,423 27,855 27,510 29,671 31,808 East Anglia 33,205 34,770 31,424 29,307 30,987 32,334 34,104 37,565 42,681 Greater London 46,393 47,209 41,913 38,534 41,556 44,960 47,720 57,152 66,024 South East 44,382 45,478 40,847 37,234 40,505 42,661 43,611 50,569 57,387 South West 36,862 38,558 34,565 32,012 33,590 34,980 35,491 40,144 44,728 West Midlands 33,263 33,024 29,646 26,338 27,479 28,555 27,850 29,623 32,657 North West 30,401 30,629 28,009 26,027 27,390 27,893 27,065 28,650 29,527
§ Mrs. RoeEstimates of financial year average unrebated rents for English local authorities, revalued to 1987 prices using the retail prices index, are as follows:
£ per annum 1967–68 579 1968–69 600 1969–70 620 1970–71 644 1971–72 636 1972–73 658 1973–74 774 1974–75 697 1975–76 631 1976–77 629 1977–78 627 1978–79 612 1979–80 581 1980–81 630 1981–82 796 1982–83 875 1983–84 864 1984–85 867 1985–86 865 1986–87 884 1987–88 895