HC Deb 02 November 1995 vol 265 c399W
Mr. Chris Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of tenants with registered fair rents at the end of each of the past five years. [40687]

Mr. Clappison

The estimates available for tenants in England are as follows:

Private rented Housing Association
1990 1320,000 —
1992 — 4405,000
1993 2220,000 4385,000
1994 3170,000 4330,000
1 Summer 1990.
2 Average for financial year 1993–94.
3 Average for financial year 1994–5.
4 At 31 March.

The estimates for private renters are from the 1990 private renters survey and, from 1993–94, the survey of English housing. Like all estimates from sample surveys, they are subject to sampling error. The estimates for Housing Association tenants are based on returns to the Housing Corporation.