asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of average rents and rates in Norfolk for (a) local authority tenants, (b) tenants of privately-rented accommodation and (c) owner-occupiers.

The average unrebated rent for local authority tenants in Norfolk at April 1977 was £270 per annum. No comparable information is available by county on rents of private tenants, but the average of unfurnished registered rents in Norfolk set in the period January-September 1977 was £373 per annum excluding housing association and decontrol cases. Average unrebated rates in Norfolk in the financial year 1976–77 were £82 per annum. A breakdown by tenure is not available.