Housing Rents (Hansard, 13 March 1996)

HC Deb 13 March 1996 vol 273 c625W 625W

§ Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current average gross weekly rent(a) for council rented accommodation and (b) housing association rented accommodation in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures five years earlier. [17882]

§ Mr. Hague
The available information on average actual rents is as follows:

1990–91£ 1995–96£

Rented from:

Local authority 24.26 36.11

Housing Association¹ n/a 42.31

¹ Comparable information is available only from 1994–95 and even then such overall average rents do not reflect the different sizes, ages and locations of dwellings in the local authority and housing association stocks.

	1990–91£	1995–96£
Rented from:
Local authority	24.26	36.11
Housing Association¹	n/a	42.31
¹ Comparable information is available only from 1994–95 and even then such overall average rents do not reflect the different sizes, ages and locations of dwellings in the local authority and housing association stocks.