§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for the latest year available the (i) average market rent for a(a) one, (b) two and (c) three bed property in the private rented sector, (ii) local reference rent and (iii) single room rent in each London borough. [91779]
§ Mr. RaynsfordStatistics of average market rents for all private rented stock are not available for individual London boroughs.
Average weekly local reference rents and single room rents in 1998 for housing benefit referrals of private rented stock in each London borough are as set out in the tables.
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Average weekly local reference rent (LRR), London boroughs 1998 £/Week Rent Office Area 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Barking and Dagenham 76.87 109.37 132.70 Bamet 102.48 159.66 218.76 Bexley 80.44 104.83 124.45 Brent 103.50 150.95 194.16 Bromley 109.84 138.95 179.53 City 87.69 n/a n/a Camden 153.39 218.88 325.00 Croydon 84.56 110.60 141.41 Ealing 96.70 161.93 188.62 Enfield 87.95 123.92 152.64 Greenwich 84.51 112.68 132.24 Hackney 93.17 137.53 197.53 Hammersmith and Fulham 132.68 206.63 291.86 Haringey 88.53 144.10 189.85 Harrow 86.87 134.08 166.02 Havering 77.54 109.30 130.10 Hillingdon 80.25 125.57 150.74 Hounslow 85.64 134.23 152.81 Islington 116.84 217.04 326.36 Kensington and Chelsea 171.01 249.58 297.22 Lambeth 101.65 161.59 225.79 Lewisham 84.21 115.32 155.79 Merton 90.82 156.57 190.27 Newham 80.94 117.00 143.23 Redbridge 87.55 120.05 142.11 Richmond upon Thames1 116.26 166.49 202.93 Southwark 91.76 142.99 197.64 Sutton 94.51 126.34 159.25
Average weekly local reference rent (LRR), London boroughs 1998 £/week Rent Office Area 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Tower Hamlets 95.93 155.06 222.45 Waltham Forest 83.12 112.56 139.53 Wandsworth 105.18 180.24 236.62 Westminster 185.10 258.69 327.94
Average weekly single room rent (SRR), London boroughs 1998 £/week Rent Office Area 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed Barking and Dagenham 47.27 47.50 2— Barnet 50.00 49.82 50.00 Bexley 46.65 45.00 2— Brent 50.35 48.34 45.25 Bromley 56.33 56.37 2— City n/a n/a n/a Camden 69.21 65.86 85.00 Croydon 49.32 49.56 49.72 Ealing 53.63 55.17 53.02 Enfield 45.47 45.60 45.45 Greenwich 49.72 50.05 49.85 Hackney 52.58 52.04 51.32 Hammersmith and Fulham 64.82 66.14 64.74 Haringey 51.18 52.97 52.12 Harrow 47.24 47.50 47.50 Havering 47.50 47.58 2— Hillingdon 47.84 48.30 2— Hounslow 46.04 47.83 46.67 Islington 63.68 62.53 62.50 Kensington and Chelsea 77.23 75.08 2— Lambeth 64.58 64.40 63.46 Lewisham 51.58 51.76 51.15 Merton 54.86 56.18 56.68 Newham 45.11 45.11 45.19 Redbridge 45.00 45.00 45.00 Richmond upon Thames1 61.91 62.49 2— Southwark 55.86 57.66 55.00 Sutton 50.65 54.61 2— Tower Hamlets 54.36 54.47 55.38 Waltham Forest 46.07 46.22 46.33 Wandsworth 61.42 61.25 60.24 Westminster 84.65 84.14 2— 1 Includes Kingston upon Thames 2 Insufficient data Notes:
1. 1 bed is assumed to be equivalent to 2 habitable rooms; 2 beds, 3 or 4 habitable rooms; 3 beds, 5 habitable rooms
2. Figures exclude cases where Rent Officers set a rent for over-large accommodation.
Source:
Rent Officer housing benefit determinations