To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1967, using the 1967 level as 100, the average
| Year | Local Authority unrebated rents at April— England Annual percentage increaese | Average house prices1 England Annual percentage increase | Retail prices index United Kingdom Annual percentage increase | Average earnings2 Annual percentage increase |
| 1968 | 11 | n/a | 4 | 7 |
| 1969 | 9 | n/a | 5 | 9 |
| 1970 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 1971 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| 1972 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 12 |
| 1973 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 14 |
| 1974 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
| 1975 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 28 |
| 1976 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 18 |
| 1977 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 10 |
| 1978 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
| 1979 | 10 | 30 | 13 | 14 |
| 1980 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 23 |
| 1981 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| 1982 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 1983 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 9 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| 1986 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 1987 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 1Building Society Mortgage Completions. | ||||
| 1Males in Full-time Occupations: 1968–1974 Great Britain, 1975–1987 England. n/a = Not Available. | ||||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the average local authority rent level, the average housing association rent level and average mortgage repayments as a percentage of average earnings for each year since 1967.
The information requested is given in the table.
| Rent level and mortgage repayments as percentage of average earnings1 England | |||
| Local authority unrebated rents | Housing association registered rents2 | Average mortgage re-payments3 | |
| 1967 | 7 | — | n/a |
| 1968 | 7 | — | n/a |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 17 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 18 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 19 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 21 |
| 1973 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 1974 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 1975 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 1976 | 7 | 11 | 19 |
| 1977 | 7 | 11 | 19 |
| 1978 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 1979 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 1980 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 1981 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 1982 | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| 1983 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 1984 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| 1985 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
annual percentage rise in (a) average local authority rent, (b) average house prices, (c) retail prices and (d) average earnings for people in full-time employment.
The average annual percentage rise in average local authority rents, average house prices, retail prices and average earnings for people in full-time employment are given in the table.
| Local authority unrebated rents | Housing association registered rents2 | Average mortgage re-payments3 | |
| 1986 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 1987 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 1 Average earnings are of males in full-time occupations: 1968–1974 Great Britain, 1975–1987 England. | |||
| 2 Housing Association rents were not registered before 1973 Service charges, if any, are included. | |||
| 3 Based on mortgage advances made by building societies. Repayments are net of tax relief. | |||
| n/a—not available. | |||