asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish figures showing the total of rent increases imposed by local housing authorities for 1964–65 and 1965–66.

I estimate that the average rent of local authority dwellings in England and Wales, excluding rates and charges for services, rose in the years ended April 1965 and April 1966 by about Is. 11d. and 2s. 10d. per week respectively.