§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average housing association rent in Camden, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington, Westminster and the City of London; and what this is predicted to be for (i) fair rent tenancies and (ii) assured tenancies by 1991 and 1994–95.
§ Mr. TrippierIn 1988 the average annual registered rents for housing association property in the London boroughs specified, with the exception of the City of London for which no information is available, were as follows:
£ Camden 1,424 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,382 Kensington and Chelsea 1,339 Islington 1,299 Westminster 1,630 The figures include both furnished and unfurnished accommodation, but do not include rents for property let under assured tenancies or occupied under licence for which information is not available.
No predictions are made of future rent levels.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many housing associations and local authority homes have been completed annually between 1978–79 and 1988–89 in the central London boroughs of Camden, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington, Westminster and the City of London.
§ Mr. TrippierHousebuilding completions reported as taking place in these housing authorities in each calendar year from 1980 to 1987 appear in the "Housebuilding in England by Local Authority Areas; 1980 to 1987". Figures for 1978, 1979 and the first half of 1988 were published in "Local Housing Statistics" issues 49, 59 and 87 respectively.
Copies of these publications are available in the Library.