asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give his estimate, on a percentage basis, for the number of tenants in Wales in local authority housing who will receive rent rebates when the Housing Finance Bill becomes law.

Qualification for a rent rebate will depend on a number of factors, such as the fair rent determined for the dwelling occupied and the disposable income available for the calculation of rent rebate. Since these are at present undetermined, no estimate can be given of the number of tenants who will receive rent rebates; but it will inevitably be far larger than at present.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give his estimate, on a percentage basis, of the number of tenants in Wales in local authority housing who will pay increased rents when the Housing Finance Bill becomes law.

The rents which tenants will actually pay will depend not only upon the rents assessed for the dwellings they occupy but also upon the rebates given under the provisions of the National Rent Rebate Scheme. No reliable figures are available upon which to base the number of increased rents to be paid.