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Dept of the Environment

Answer

Mr. Raynsford: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each of the last six years the average rent registered by rent officers in each region of England for unfurnished lettings by (a) private landlords and (b) housing associations; and if he will list the average percentage increase on the previous registration in relation to the percentage change in (i) house prices and (ii) general inflation over the same period. [6122] Mr. Curry: Available information is given in the tables. As rents registered by rent officers are typically re-registered every two years, percentage changes in respect of house prices and the retail prices index have also been quoted over a two-year period. Average percentage change in rent officer registrations in relation to house prices Mean rent, and percentage change on previous registration, unfurnished lettings _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Private tenancies HA tenancies DoE mix-adjusted UK house price index. Region and year Mean registered Two year mean Mean registered Two year mean Two year mean rent (£pa) percentage rent (£pa) percentage percentage change change{1} change{1} Northern 1990-91 1,087 24 1,416 20 45 1991-92 1,196 27 1,540 22 9 1992-93 1,395 23 1,705 21 3 1993-94 1,532 20 1,721 17 9 1994-95 1,590 16 1,945 13 3 1995-96{2} 1,631 17 1,892 12 -2 Yorkshire and Humberside 1990-91 1,260 25 1,577 22 39 1991-92 1,378 25 1,662 23 9 1992-93 1,539 22 1,878 20 2 1993-94 1,646 17 1,890 16 -2 1994-95 1,745 15 2,108 13 -4 1995-96{2} 1,845 14 2,165 11 -2 East Midlands 1990-91 1,356 25 1,615 20 17 1991-92 1,491 24 1,691 21 -2 1992-93 1,640 23 1,966 21 -5 1993-94 1,764 20 1,972 17 -6 1994-95 1,914 18 2,243 14 -1 1995-96{2} 1,995 15 2,230 14 0 East Anglia 1990-91 1,520 20 1,590 19 -5 1991-92 1,631 19 1,710 21 -14 1992-93 1,793 19 1,870 20 -10 1993-94 1,903 18 2,021 18 -8 1994-95 2,036 16 2,129 15 -2 1995-96{2} 2,085 13 2,209 12 3 Greater London 1990-91 1,834 21 1,716 21 2 1991-92 2,056 23 1,905 23 -7 1992-93 2,266 23 2,111 23 -14 1993-94 2,497 23 2,281 21 -11 1994-95 2,755 21 2,475 19 5 1995-96{2} 2,938 20 2,624 17 4 Rest of the South East 1990-91 1,736 27 1,848 23 -4 1991-92 1,996 31 2,043 25 -13 1992-93 2,307 32 2,318 27 -13 1993-94 2,535 26 2,397 22 -9 1994-95 2,701 22 2,685 18 2 1995-96{2} 2,896 20 2,800 17 4 South West 1990-91 1,707 26 1,955 25 -2 1991-92 1,972 28 2,101 27 -12 1992-93 2,158 28 2,407 22 -10 1993-94 2,384 23 2,400 17 -9 1994-95 2,483 16 2,616 14 1 1995-96{2} 2,623 16 2,646 13 5 West Midlands 1990-91 1,295 20 1,466 20 17 1991-92 1,383 23 1,623 23 1 1992--93 1,571 24 1,780 23 -3 1993-94 1,689 21 1,902 19 -3 1994--95 1,871 18 2,080 16 0 1995-96{2} 1,876 17 2,131 16 -1 North West 1990-91 995 20 1,313 18 45 1991-92 1,125 20 1,408 19 12 1992-93 1,227 18 1,551 19 1 1993-94 1,295 16 1,604 16 -3 1994-95 1,427 16 1,770 13 -2 1995-96{2} 1,443 16 1,815 14 0 England 1990-91 1,516 23 1,593 21 9 1991-92 1,717 25 1,740 22 -5 1992-93 1,905 24 1,941 22 -8 1993-94 2,075 21 2,026 19 -7 1994-95 2,246 19 2,238 16 0 1995-96{2} 2,381 18 2,293 15 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Rents are registered for a minimum of two years and percentage figures, reflecting the change compared with the previously registered rent, are based on this period. {2} Mean registered rents and percentage changes on previous rent are for April-September 1995. United Kingdom Retail Price Index All items (January 1987 = 100) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Two yearly percentage change 1990-91 18 1991-92 15 1992-93 8 1993-94 5 1994-95 5 1995-96 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6122; 286 c570-2W;286 c568-70W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Housing Housing associations Private sector Prices Rented housing Rents

Contains statistics

Yes