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Mr. Soley
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the average level of (a) local authority rents, (b) fair rents registered for unfurnished housing association lettings, (c) fair rents registered for other unfurnished lettings and (d) fair rents registered for all unfurnished lettings in Wales in each of the years from 1979 to 1987, indicating the percentage increase in each on an annual cumulative basis; and how these increases compare with the movement of the retail prices index over that same period.
Mr. Grist
The information requested is given in the following table:
| 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | |
| Cumulative percentage increase | — | 8·10 | 26·70 | 42·10 | 51·30 | 66·20 | 69·80 | 95·10 | 107·20 |
| All fair rents2 | |||||||||
| Average registered weekly fair rents (unfurnished) (£) | 9·54 | 10·38 | 12·04 | 13·23 | 13·85 | 15·23 | 16·06 | 18·08 | 19·04 |
| Cumulative percentage increase | — | 8·80 | 26·20 | 38·70 | 45·20 | 59·60 | 68·30 | 89·50 | 99·60 |
| Retail price index | |||||||||
| Cumulative percentage increase | — | 18·00 | 32·00 | 43·40 | 50·00 | 57·50 | 67·10 | 72·70 | 79·90 |
| 1Local authority average rent is at April. | |||||||||
| 2Housing associations and private rented sector. | |||||||||
| The actual rent paid can vary significantly from these figures depending upon the amount of housing benefit being paid. | |||||||||