§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average weekly difference between rent officer determinations of registered fair rents during the period that the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 was in force(a) before the cap was applied and (b) after the cap had been applied (i) in England and (ii) by region. [1133381
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§ Mr. MullinProvisional figures for England are given in the table.
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Average weekly amount by which the rent officer determination of 'uncapped' fair rent exceeded the 'capped' rent during the period
May to December 1999
Amount by which uncapped fair rent exceeded capped rent (£) per week Number of cases London Barking 5.46 27 Barnet 8.35 638 Bexley 3.40 226 Brent 8.69 810 Bromley 6.17 335 City of London 2.01 62 Camden 25.49 866 Croydon 3.00 105 Ealing 8.16 614 Enfield 2.83 240 Greenwich 4.10 360 Hackney 4.73 688 Hammersmith and Fulham 3.75 831 Haringey 7.77 845 Harrow 2.75 187 Havering 3.93 154 Uxbridge/Hillingdon 4.03 266 Hounslow 7.05 367 Islington 5.70 714 Kensington and Chelsea 13.17 669 Lambeth 11.64 950 Lewisham 3.99 629 Merton 4.93 318 Newham 5.51 797 Redbridge 2.01 197 Richmond 6.41 429 Southwark 2.12 414 Sutton 1.56 105 Tower Hamlets 8.44 439 Waltham 7.45 721 Wandsworth 5.52 1,314 Westminster 7.74 536 London 7.56 15,853 English counties Avon 5.78 578 Bedfordshire 2.77 212 Berkshire 4.96 407 Buckinghamshire 5.53 207 Cambridgeshire 10.27 400 Cheshire 4.58 543 Cleveland 1.63 81 Cornwall 7.29 13 Cumbria 2.25 91 Derbyshire 2.59 120 Devon 3.83 179 Dorset 4.08 226 Durham 3.71 75 East Sussex 5.83 169 Essex 5.59 378 Gloucestershire 10.50 308 Greater Manchester 3.06 1,570 Hampshire 6.65 724 Hereford and Worcestershire 2.97 204 Hertfordshire 6.28 568 Humberside 3.34 273 Isle of Wight 7.62 13 Kent 4.35 618 Lancashire 2.12 271 Leicestershire 2.28 485 Lincolnshire 2.12 107 Merseyside 4,35 2,434 Norfolk 6.26 522 Northumberland 1.79 143 Northamptonshire 4.28 212 North Yorkshire 3.37 376 Nottingham 3.00 246 Oxfordshire 13.32 193
Average weekly amount by which the rent officer determination of 'uncapped' fair rent exceeded the 'capped' rent during the period
May to December 1999
Amount by which uncapped fair rent exceeded capped rent (£) per week Number of cases Shrewsbury 3.89 30 Somerset 7.34 93 South Yorkshire 1.85 256 Staffordshire 4.32 100 Suffolk 2.97 243 Surrey 5.00 534 Tyne and Wear 2.49 850 Warwickshire 3.41 533 West Midlands 2.38 532 West Sussex 3.90 441 West Yorkshire 2.23 964 Wiltshire 5.87 289 English regions London 7.56 15,853 North East 2.42 1,149 North West and Merseyside 3.80 4,909 Yorkshire and Humberside 2.57 1,869 East Midlands 2.81 1,170 West Midlands 3.03 1,399 Eastern 6.19 2,323 South East 5.66 3,306 South West 6.32 1,686 England 5.86 33,664 Note:
That the unavailability of data from February to April 1999 is because of processing problems directly associated with the introduction of the Order. These problems continued to affect some rent officer areas after April 1999. Consequently the number of cases for each region may be an under-estimate of the total number of fair rent cases determined by the rent officer in that region during the period May to December.
Source:
Provisional rent officer determinations for May-December 1999
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants during the period that the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 was in force in(a) England and (b) by regions where (i) the rent was capped under the Order and (ii) the rent was not capped under the Order. [113337]
§ Mr. MullinProvisional figures for England are given in the table.
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Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants during May-December 1999 where the rent was (i) capped
and (ii) not capped under the Order
Rent capped Rent not capped £ per week Number of cases £ per week Number of cases London Barking 53.56 27 60.77 4 Barnet 79.12 638 78.45 88 Bexley 58.74 226 63.75 28 Brent 61.62 810 59.84 60 Bromley 71.73 335 85.23 27 City of London 67.47 62 n/a 0 Camden 77.67 866 104.11 80 Croydon 77.36 105 80.86 155 Ealing 64.60 614 76.86 134 Enfield 60.59 240 61.54 110 Greenwich 67.66 360 79.02 7 Hackney 58.62 688 65.47 70 Hammersmith and Fulham 68.23 831 77.30 52 19W
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants during May-December 1999 where the rent was (i) capped
and (ii) not capped under the Order
Rent capped Rent not capped £ per week Number of cases £ per week Number of cases Haringey 65.63 845 72.49 70 Harrow 70.46 187 75.43 37 Havering 63.23 154 80.77 6 Uxbridge/Hillingdon 67.21 266 74.95 27 Hounslow 74.65 367 81.20 14 Islington 66.30 714 84.55 57 Kensington and Chelsea 71.06 669 141.61 239 Lambeth 59.59 950 58.94 101 Lewisham 53.72 629 56.61 75 Merton 80.08 318 80.79 34 Newham 56.30 797 51.24 43 Redbridge 50.06 197 57.27 66 Richmond 75.42 429 84.94 23 Southwark 60.81 414 66.91 123 Sutton 63.34 105 67.62 73 Tower Hamlets 67.21 439 43.00 10 Waltham 50.53 721 52.84 121 Wandsworth 76.32 1,314 88.85 37 Westminster 77.02 536 127.78 82 London 66.56 15,853 81.21 2,053 English counties Avon 66.22 578 71.75 80 Bedfordshire 54.81 212 54.98 65 Berkshire 72.64 407 82.70 82 Buckinghamshire 57.20 207 61.47 29 Cambridgeshire 52.59 400 54.68 80 Cheshire 37.10 543 50.37 87 Cleveland 53.52 81 44.78 133 Cornwall 48.57 13 60.04 168 Cumbria 40.19 91 40.65 136 Derbyshire 43.16 120 44.85 424 Devon 60.83 179 64.36 260 Dorset 64.01 226 64.89 379 Durham 46.53 75 43.80 111 East Sussex 72.09 169 75.62 386 Essex 61.69 378 60.18 631 Gloucestershire 57.94 308 76.51 80 Greater Manchester 42.81 1,570 40.79 432 Hampshire 64.88 724 71.32 360 Hereford and Worcestershire 51.36 204 51.59 167 Hertfordshire 76.10 568 73.36 181 Humberside 47.46 273 44.73 357 Isle of Wight 50.83 13 58.19 63 Kent 71.22 618 68.22 557 Lancashire 45.50 271 46.99 115 Leicestershire 47.93 485 51.73 292 Lincolnshire 45.44 107 45.15 159 Merseyside 44.60 2,434 46.52 754 Norfolk 49.71 522 52.86 227 Northumberland 46.01 143 43.35 163 Northamptonshire 53.52 212 50.59 58 North Yorkshire 53.81 376 56.45 161 Nottingham 48.82 246 52.64 546 Oxfordshire 74.28 193 86.69 55 Shropshire 50.49 30 50.65 59 Somerset 56.66 93 61.99 80 South Yorkshire 40.65 256 38.94 628 Staffordshire 41.72 100 43.11 391 Suffolk 49.59 243 51.15 200 Surrey 83.38 534 96.17 72 Tyne and Wear 43.22 850 39.55 255 Warwickshire 49.70 533 51.25 76 West Midlands 46.09 532 49.13 1,073 West Sussex 69.40 441 80.17 191 West Yorkshire 42.82 964 47.16 663 Wiltshire 64.64 289 72.70 46 English regions London 66.56 15,853 81.21 2,053 North East 44.51 1,149 42.25 662 North West and Merseyside 43.17 4,909 44.63 1,524
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants during May-December 1999 where the rent was (i) capped
and (ii) not capped under the Order
Rent capped Rent not capped £ per week Number of cases £ per week Number of cases Yorkshire and Humberside 45.41 1,869 44.66 1,809 East Midlands 48.41 1,170 49.34 1,479 West Midlands 48.02 1,399 48.17 1,766 Eastern 59.06 2,323 58.83 1,384 South East 70.99 3,306 73.59 1,795 South West 62.91 1,686 65.49 1,093 England 59.55 33,664 57.99 13,565 Note:
The unavailability of data from February to April 1999 is because of processing problems directly associated with the introduction of the Order. These problems continued to affect some rent officer areas after April 1999. Consequently the number of cases for each region may be an under-estimate of the total number of fair rent cases determined by the rent officer in that region during the period May to December.
Source:
Provisional rent officer determinations for May-December 1999.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants(a) in England and (b) by each region in (i) 1994–95, (ii) 1995–96, (iii) 1996–97, (iv) 1997–98 and (v) 1998–99. [113336]
§ Mr. MullinThe available figures for England are given in the table.
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Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 London Barking and Dagenham £ 41.40 43.36 47.47 51.79 54.11 Number of cases 8 69 102 102 93 Barnet £ 55.64 59.97 71.74 73.52 81.49 Number of cases 797 472 326 758 613 Bexley £ 32.99 54.23 54.90 54.43 61.03 Number of cases 411 1,321 959 298 261 Brent £ 40.09 42.71 49.39 54.96 61.54 Number of cases 871 460 337 718 470 Bromley £ 49.52 53.59 57.49 63.52 69.44 Number of cases 656 702 592 635 523 City £ — 60.58 134.62 — — Number of cases — 2 1 — — 21W
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Camden £ 64.88 76.11 82.48 89.57 101.58 Number of cases 1,252 941 624 897 768 Croydon £ 54.86 62.72 66.98 72.82 74.73 Number of cases 847 895 699 712 558 Ealing £ 53.19 54.03 60.85 65.78 74.07 Number of cases 1,028 734 521 788 572 Enfield £ 43.34 47.57 50.21 53.93 58.76 Number of cases 831 548 683 515 582 Greenwich £ 46.42 56.12 56.96 61.01 66.63 Number of cases 407 1,571 577 500 218 Hackney £ 42.34 49.63 50.85 56.45 59.34 Number of cases 640 474 529 491 362 Hammersmith and Fulham £ 54.87 57.57 63.96 69.70 79.93 Number of cases 1,202 1,207 991 953 799 Haringey £ 48.03 55.23 57.12 63.09 69.07 Number of cases 673 806 520 514 565 Harrow £ 48.16 52.05 60.90 64.05 77.69 Number of cases 451 623 364 496 180 Havering £ 53.61 46.97 50.33 57.15 59.53 Number of cases 230 259 260 317 239 Hillingdon £ 47.66 53.28 58.06 65.39 66.92 Number of cases 658 543 437 494 554 Hounslow £ 49.67 54.44 60.28 66.22 73.06 Number of cases 319 437 388 284 273 Islington £ 47.46 54.16 59.06 65.10 70.90 Number of cases 491 104 325 268 340 Kensington and Chelsea £ 74.40 93.64 91.31 97.77 120.60 Number of cases 1,234 796 1,116 715 702 Kingston £ 52.49 58.55 64.66 — — Number of cases 411 494 254 — — 22W
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994– 95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Lambeth £ 46.92 49.13 54.76 57.58 64.09 Number of cases 1,192 887 1,036 862 819 Lewisham £ 40.04 47.97 48.61 51.13 56.84 Number of cases 1,051 628 447 639 588 Merton £ 51.10 60.13 65.16 69.65 75.81 Number of cases 564 529 293 468 424 Newham £ 32.19 34.68 39.74 41.76 46.98 Number of cases 900 926 774 741 625 Redbridge £ 38.92 40.89 44.32 46.41 50.36 Number of cases 418 437 464 319 323 Richmond on Thames £ 57.34 63.47 70.55 75.36 84.35 Number of cases 659 899 731 1,112 774 Southwark £ 49.30 47.16 51.89 55.13 58.63 Number of cases 997 923 660 786 614 Sutton £ 45.43 51.00 55.02 61.16 63.54 Number of cases 305 380 267 310 213 Tower Hamlets £ 41.96 45.70 47.31 49.76 55.90 Number of cases 210 178 259 111 244 Waltham Forest £ 34.90 36.11 39.96 42.90 46.62 Number of cases 1,145 1,355 1,173 1,155 973 Wands worth £ 54.01 55.60 64.49 68.51 77.56 Number of cases 1,517 1,314 1,120 1,257 902 Westminster £ 90.50 92.72 106.69 109.09 112.32 Number of cases 2,068 2,260 1,820 1,740 1,683 London £ 53.06 57.96 63.38 67.75 74.87 Number of cases 24,443 24,174 19,649 19,955 16,854 English counties Avon £ 47.37 53.80 56.92 61.74 65.46 Number of cases 730 736 549 568 542 23W
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994– 95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Bedfordshire £ 37.08 36.44 46.22 46.94 51.99 Number of cases 586 351 326 351 158 Berkshire £ 51.19 58.24 63.83 70.31 74.77 Number of cases 801 970 611 689 485 Buckinghamshire £ 40.54 46.90 50.79 55.33 63.18 Number of cases 455 586 351 515 317 Cambridgeshire £ 41.80 41.32 47.02 48.06 61.42 Number of cases 599 522 510 338 339 Cheshire £ 25.25 27.45 32.48 36.02 42.40 Number of cases 871 1,184 805 959 661 Cleveland £ 31.80 35.54 38.99 39.78 42.00 Number of cases 444 370 249 545 189 Cornwall £ 53.83 55.71 56.75 58.83 59.89 Number of cases 554 466 439 326 338 Cumbria £ 32.13 30.85 33.18 36.74 38.44 Number of cases 540 673 526 573 452 Derbyshire £ 34.79 35.06 39.24 40.73 43.71 Number of cases 2,063 1,888 1,481 1,474 1,1900 Devon £ 48.00 50.95 54.58 56.67 59.94 Number of cases 1,348 874 773 945 688 Dorset £ 46.65 50.89 54.01 59.13 63.14 Number of cases 1,398 1,060 1,212 966 819 Durham £ 31.49 32.79 35.97 38.61 42.62 Number of cases 183 347 338 276 265 71.56 East Sussex £ 58.42 63.59 65.58 69.79 Number of cases 2,205 2,126 1,636 1,694 1,251 Essex £ 45.00 48.49 53.25 55.66 59.37 Number of cases 2,207 2,028 1,812 1,708 1,579 Gloucestershire £ 46.37 49.26 54.59 58.10 62.26 Number of cases 534 458 389 454 354 24W
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Greater Manchester £ 29.19 29.95 34.73 36.22 39.48 Number of cases 3,444 3,338 2,340 2,534 2,067 Hampshire £ 49.25 53.24 59.26 62.21 65.73 Number of cases 2,164 1,717 878 1,629 1,672 Hereford and Worcester £ 39.30 40.10 44.21 47.14 49.52 Number of cases 780 515 416 616 539 Hertfordshire £ 49.05 59.71 60.84 67.16 70.67 Number of cases 1,402 1,060 1,076 863 793 Humberside £ 34.71 37.22 39.10 41.29 42.85 Number of cases 1,862 1,737 1,217 1,336 964 Isle of Wight £ 43.60 47.77 49.86 55.56 54.61 Number of cases 211 62 61 135 95 Kent £ 53.04 57.24 60.75 64.18 68.12 Number of cases 3,074 2,506 2,490 2,306 1,942 Lancashire £ 32.25 33.96 37.37 40.61 42.94 Number of cases 965 840 664 632 536 Leicestershire £ 36.56 39.94 42.96 45.72 47.51 Number of cases 1,569 1,227 1,210 1,002 973 Lincolnshire £ 33.85 36.67 38.31 41.58 42.16 Number of cases 581 512 432 467 403 Merseyside £ 25.76 26.42 33.90 38.35 42.56 Number of cases 5,239 4,477 3,962 3,060 2,916 Norfolk £ 39.82 41.94 44.18 47.46 49.68 Number of cases 1,223 1,168 957 1,057 877 Northumberland £ 31.19 32.77 37.76 38.93 42.84 Number of cases 530 552 370 592 384 Northampton £ 37.11 40.40 43.04 45.54 50.02 Number of cases 440 301 350 264 281 North Yorkshire 41.49 42.07 46.96 50.84 53.53 Number of cases 1,056 946 860 824 754 25W
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Nottinghamshire £ 40.19 42.80 46.76 48.63 50.83 Number of cases 1,869 1,623 1,631 1,415 1,206 Oxfordshire £ 59.02 60.43 68.97 74.49 81.70 Number of cases 588 552 524 565 443 Shropshire £ — 44.99 45.56 46.96 50.39 Number of cases — 49 253 365 266 Somerset £ 44.25 45.60 51.90 53.82 59.17 Number of cases 570 340 197 373 288 South Yorkshire £ 30.07 31.13 33.10 34.94 37.06 Number of cases 2,843 1,697 1,982 1,985 1,674 Staffordshire £ 31.15 34.14 38.83 39.06 41.05 Number of cases 1,216 1,065 1,040 866 870 Suffolk £ 37.13 39.34 43.07 44.58 48.70 Number of cases 1,200 1,039 970 877 925 Surrey £ 62.54 67.23 74.13 82.34 87.30 Number of cases 1,596 1,475 1,429 1,083 1,099 Tyne and Wear £ 29.72 31.08 35.24 37.06 40.41 Number of cases 1,930 1,762 1,551 1,588 1,166 Warwickshire £ 33.44 36.73 43.16 45.58 48.62 Number of cases 664 423 134 636 449 West Midlands £ 37.04 37.88 42.14 45.70 47.23 Number of cases 4,716 3,593 2,804 3,220 2,587 West Sussex £ 54.46 61.94 64.57 70.42 74.32 Number of cases 1,232 935 826 757 639 West Yorkshire £ 33.56 36.12 38.05 40.84 43.16 Number of cases 3,354 2,740 2,571 2,306 2,018 Wiltshire £ 49.40 49.55 54.83 57.55 63.25 Number of cases 516 444 452 411 158 English regions London £ 53.06 57.96 63.38 67.75 74.87 Number of cases 24,443 24,174 19,649 19,955 16,854
Average weekly registered fair rent paid by regulated private tenants in England, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 North East £ 30.43 32.13 36.09 38.07 41.26 Number of cases 3,251 3,022 2,446 2,990 1,922 North West and Merseyside £ 27.67 28.54 34.23 37.43 41.33 Number of cases 11,059 10,512 8,297 7,758 6,632 Yorkshire and Humberside £ 33.62 35.99 37.92 40.40 42.66 Number of cases 9,115 7,120 6,630 6,451 5,410 East Midlands £ 25.83 26.91 31.32 31.60 34.19 Number of cases 6,522 5,551 5,104 4,622 4,053 West Midlands £ 35.98 37.35 41.80 44.92 46.66 Number of cases 7,376 5,645 4,647 5,703 4,711 Eastern £ 42.69 46.34 50.44 52.95 57.25 Number of cases 7,217 6,168 5,651 5,194 4,671 South East £ 54.25 59.24 64.26 67.92 72.11 Number of cases 12,326 10,929 8,806 9,376 7,943 South West £ 47.75 51.19 54.86 58.13 62.05 Number of cases 5,650 4,378 4,011 4,043 3,187 England £ 43.27 46.98 51.38 54.86 59.48 Number of cases 86,959 77,499 65,241 66,089 55,383 Source:
Rent Officer Statistics