HC Deb 23 January 1996 vol 270 cc203-4W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the 1996–97 guideline rent increases expressed in(a) real terms and (b) as a percentage increase on the 1995–96 amount. [10505]

Mr. Clappison

There is no real terms increase in the 1996–97 average guideline rent per dwelling compared with 1995–96. In cash terms, the increase is 2.75 per cent.