§ Mr. HeddleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the gross amount owed to each local authority in England in rent arrears; what proportion such sums represent as a percentage of rental income; and how much has been owed in each case for (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) one year and (d) two years.
§ Mr. TrippierA table was placed in the Library on 1 March this year showing rent arrears reported at 1 April 1988 and the arrears as a percentage of rent roll. Corresponding information for the position at 1 April 1989 will be available towards the end of this year.
Information about total tenants' arrears (including rates and service charges and so on) together with estimates of the length of arrears is contained in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy publication "Housing Rents Statistics at April 1988", a copy of which is also in the Library.