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Mr. Raynsford
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the average council rent level as a percentage of (a) average earnings and (b) the state retirement pension for a single pensioner and a pensioner couple in each of the years from 1970 to 1986.
Mr. Tracey
The estimated figures are as follows:
| Average local authority and new town unrebated rents | |||
| As per cent, of average earnings1 | As per cent, of state retirement pension2 | ||
| Single person | Married couple | ||
| England and Wales | |||
| 1970 | 7·6 | 45·4 | 28·0 |
| 1971 | 7·5 | 49·6 | 30·6 |
| 1972 | 7·5 | 45·8 | 28·4 |
| 1973 | 8·2 | 51·0 | 31·6 |
| 1974 | 7·9 | 48·4 | 30·0 |
| 1975 | 6·8 | 35·9 | 22·5 |
| 1976 | 6·6 | 35·9 | 22·5 |
| 1977 | 7·0 | 36·1 | 22·5 |
| 1978 | 6·6 | 33·4 | 20·9 |
| England | |||
| 1979 | 6·3 | 32·9 | 20·5 |
| 1980 | 6·2 | 33·0 | 20·6 |
| 1981 | 8·1 | 42·1 | 26·3 |
| 1982 | 8·7 | 45·6 | 28·5 |
| 1983 | 8·3 | 42·7 | 26·7 |
| 1984 | 8·2 | 43·2 | 27·0 |
| 1985 | 8·1 | 43·5 | 27·2 |
| 1986 | 7·8 | 42·8 | 26·7 |
| 1 Average earnings for men aged 21 and over working full-time in all occupations. Source: Department of Employment "New Earnings Survey". | |||
| 2 Basic state retirement pension based on national insurance contributions. Source: DHSS. | |||