HC Deb 25 October 1994 vol 248 cc533-4W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the average weekly rent paid by people earning less than £10,000 in each year since 1990.

Mr. Curry

Estimates of the average rent paid by households in England headed by people with annual incomes less than £10,000 are as follows

Average weekly rents, before and after deduction of housing

benefit
Before deduction

of HB

 £ per week

After deduction

of HB
1990 28.10 15.60
1991 30.10 14.80
1992 35.10 16.00
1993 39.60 16.90
These figures are from the Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling error.

The estimates do not take into account the income of householders other than the head of household, and information is not available to enable the calculation of average rents paid by households with incomes less than £10,000 per annum.