§ 33. Mr. EasthamTo 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. ChopeThe 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.