HC Deb 09 May 1991 vol 190 cc551-2W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on rent levels for local authority housing in England.

Mr. Yeo

Information on local authority rents is collected from a number of sources including surveys of authorities by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and claims submitted to the Department for housing revenue account subsidy. Drawing on both sources we estimate current rents as follows:

Region April 1991 average local authority rent £ per week
North 22.60
Yorkshire and Humberside 21.54
East Midlands 23.17
Eastern 27.66
Greater London 35.74
South Eastern 31.36
South West 27.49
West Midlands 26.19
North West 24.50
England 27.29