§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will estimate the gross cost to public funds if all local authority rents were to be cut by(a) 9 per cent., (b) 8 per cent., (c) 7 per cent., (d) 6 per cent., (e) 5 per cent., (f) 4 per cent., (g) 3 per cent., (h) 2 per cent. and (i) 1 per cent.; and what would be the cost net of savings in (i) housing benefits and (ii) public expenditure linked to the RPI. [15861]
§ Mr. Raynsford[holding answer 13 November 1997]: A reduction in Guideline Rent in 1998–99 for Housing Revenue Account local authorities in England would have the following estimated effects:
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Thousands (a) Population (b) All households (c)One person households (d) Lone parent households 19761 1,429 497 87 30 19771 1,438 505 90 31 19781 1,449 512 94 33 19791 1,462 521 98 34 19801 1,475 529 102 36 1981 1,483 539 105 16 1982 1,484 544 108 17 1983 1,493 553 112 18 1984 1,499 561 115 19 1985 1,509 570 119 19 1986 1,517 579 123 20 1987 1,527 588 127 21 1988 1,536 596 132 22 1989 1,540 602 137 23 1990 1,543 607 143 23 1991 1,547 612 149 25 1992 1,556 620 154 26 1993 1,560 626 159 27 1994 1,570 634 164 28
Thousands (a)Population (b) All households (c) One person households (d) Lone parent households 1995 1,578 643 170 28 1996 1,586 — — — (ii) Colchester 1971 120 40 6 1 19721 123 42 7 3 19731 125 42 7 3 19741 127 43 8 3 19751 128 44 8 3 19761 131 45 8 3 19771 132 46 8 3 19781 134 46 9 3 19791 135 47 9 3 19801 137 48 10 3 1981 138 49 10 2 1982 138 49 10 2 1983 138 50 10 2 1984 138 51 10 2 1985 140 52 11 2 1986 141 53 11 2 1987 142 54 11 2 1988 144 55 12 2 1989 145 56 12 2 1990 146 57 13 2 1991 146 57 13 3 1992 149 58 14 3 1993 149 59 15 3 1994 150 59 15 3 1995 151 60 15 3 1996 154 — — — (iii) Tendring 1971 103 39 8 1 19721 105 40 9 2 19731 108 42 10 2 19741 109 42 10 2 19751 110 43 10 2 19761 112 44 11 2 19771 113 45 11 2 19781 113 45 12 2 19791 114 46 12 2 1980 115 46 12 2 1981 115 47 13 1 1982 114 47 13 1 1983 115 48 13 1 1984 117 49 14 1 1985 118 50 14 1 1986 119 50 14 1 1987 122 52 15 1 1988 125 53 15 1 1989 126 54 16 2 1990 128 54 16 2 1991 127 54 16 2 1992 128 55 17 2 1993 129 55 17 2 1994 131 56 18 2 1995 132 57 18 2 1996 132 — — — 1The lone parent households: The figures for 1972 to 1980 include lone parent households with one or more never-married children, whereas for other years the figures only include those with one or more dependent children i.e., children aged 0–15; or aged 16–18, never-married and in full time education.