§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for private rented properties by type of housing for the last 10 years(a) the average rent levels, (b) the level of housing benefit paid, (c) the average benefit paid per property and (d) the number of properties at the year end.
§ Mr. BaldryThe information available is as follows:
§ Mr. BaldryThe information available covering rent levels and stock is set out in the table. Housing benefit statistics do not identify payments to housing association tenants separately.
Year Average housing association rents including service charges (£/week) Housing association stock at 31st December (thousands) Registered rents2 Assured tenancies3 1981 14 — 420 1982 16 — 428 1983 17 — 441 1984 19 — 455 1985 20 — 472 1986 21 — 482 1987 23 — 496 1988 25 — 515 1989 27 — 544 1990 30 34 589 1991 33 39 1619 1Provisional. 2Fair rents registered or re-registered by Rent Officers in the period. 3Assured tenancy rents for lettings in the period. Source: National Federation of Housing Associations.