HC Deb 29 November 2001 vol 375 cc1058-9W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many(a) council and (b) Registered Social Landlord (RSL) properties there are where the target rents are below current rents at current prices; and how many and what percentage of (i) council and (ii) RSL properties there are in each English region where the target rent is at or below current rents at current prices. [17824]

Ms Keeble

The information is not currently available. Social landlords will only have completed their property valuations and calculated their target rents under the reforms around the end of this calendar year.

Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will estimate the number and percentage of(a) council and (b) RSL rents scheduled to fall as a result of his policy to restructure rents in (i) England and (ii) each region. [17825]

Ms Keeble

The information is not available in the form requested. In particular, the figures critically depend on assumptions about what would have happened to rents in the absence of restructuring.