HC Deb 16 February 1994 vol 237 c809W
18. Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes have taken place since 1979 in real terms in the average rent per dwelling per week of council houses.

Sir George Young

The average weekly rent for local housing authority dwellings in England increased from £6.41 in April 1979 to £33.50 in April 1993, an increase of 98 per cent. in real terms.

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