HC Deb 27 June 1990 vol 175 c268W
33. Mr. Eastham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest information on the average rate of rent increases for 1989–90 for council tenants.

Mr. Chope

The estimated average weekly rent for local authority dwellings in England at April 1989 is £20.70 and the provisional figure for April 1990 is £23.36, an increase of 12.9 per cent.