§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the planned average rent, (b) the planned actual average rent rise and (c) the planned percentage rent rise of each of the London boroughs.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesLocal authorities set their own rents and are currently in the process of doing so for 1995–96. For the purposes of calculating housing revenue account subsidy, each authority is given an average weekly guideline rent. These are as follows for all London boroughs for 1995–96:
Guideline rents Borough Rents (£) Increase over (£) 1994–95 (per cent.) Barking and Dagenham 36.98 2.82 8.2 Barnet 46.84 2.51 5.7 Bexley 39.59 2.82 7.7 Brent 44.40 2.82 6.8 Bromley 43.62 1.82 4.4 Camden 42.88 2.82 7.0 City of London 44.98 1.82 4.2 Croydon 48.57 2.82 6.2 Ealing 47.04 2.82 6.4 Enfield 45.96 2.82 6.1 Greenwich 44.06 2.82 6.4 Hackney 39.79 2.82 7.1 Hammersmith and Fulham 49.39 2.82 6.1 Haringey 48.49 2.82 6.2 Harrow 49.29 2.82 6.1 Havering 43.92 2.82 6.9 Hillingdon 44.15 2.82 6.8 Hounslow 41.56 2.82 7.3 Islington 44.76 2.82 6.7 Kensington and Chelsea 58.50 2.82 5.1 Kingston upon Thames 49.11 2.82 6.1 Lambeth 39.35 2.82 7.7 Lewisham 43.17 2.82 7.0 Merton 44.00 1.89 4.5 Newham 40.14 2.82 7.6 Redbridge 46.56 1.82 4.1 Richmond upon Thames 46.60 2.82 6.4 Southwark 44.86 2.82 6.7 Sutton 45.12 2.82 6.7 Tower Hamlets 39.80 2.82 7.6 Waltham Forest 42.07 2.82 7.2 Wandsworth 48.93 1.82 3.9 Westminster 50.93 1.82 3.7