§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for each financial year since 1978 the average unrebated rent for(a) local authority tenants, (b) housing association tenants for each local housing authority in England, with sub-totals for London boroughs, metropolitan boroughs, and shire districts, and England, in current prices, constant prices, and with a constant price index where 1978 equals 100.
§ Mr. GummerI have today placed in the Library a table showing the average local authority weekly unrebated rent for each housing authority for each financial year from 1988–89 to 1992–93, both at current and constant prices with the latter also expressed as an index with 1988–89 equal to 100. This information could only be provided for years before 1988–89 at disproportionate cost.
From 1978 to 1989 the information for housing association tenants can be found in the publication "Statistical Note for Rent Officers: Statistics of Rent Registrations by Rent Registration Area and Rent Assessment Committee Determinations by Panel Area". From 1990 the information on registered fair housing association rents can be found in the publication "Rent Officer Statistics"; information on new lettings by registered housing association can be found in the National Federation of Housing Associations' quarterly bulletin; and information on rents for the whole housing association stock can be found in the report "Housing Associations in 1992" published by the Housing Corporation.
Copies of all these publications are in the Library.