§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the average level of public, private and housing association rents for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe available information is given in the table:
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Average rents in England, 1979–80 to 1993–94 Financial year Local authority rents Calendar year Housing association rents1 Private sector rents1 1979–80 6.49 1979 n/a n/a 1980–81 8.19 1980 n/a n/a 1981–82 11.53 1981 n/a n/a 1982–83 13.58 1982 n/a n/a 1983–84 14.03 1983 n/a n/a 1984–85 14.79 1984 n/a n/a 1985–86 15.63 1985 n/a n/a 1986–87 16.48 1986 20 24 1987–88 17.40 1987 24 26 1988–89 19.01 1988 23 29 1989–90 20.86 1989 22 31 1990–91 23.92 1990 27 43 1991–92 27.59 1991 30 51 1992–93 30.84 1992 37 55 1993–94 33.70 1993 38 63 1 These figures are from the Family Expenditure Survey and are subject to sampling error.