| Quarterly Rent Officer Statistics |
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Table 16 |
| a) Housing Benefit: Referred and Determined Rents for All Lettings: 1996 to end of June 1999 |
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Number of cases |
Mean Rent (£ per week) |
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Referred rent |
Appropriate rent |
Local reference rent |
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| 1996 |
55,843 |
62.73 |
55.29 |
56.99 |
| 1997 |
51,168 |
65.12 |
57.84 |
60.59 |
| 1998 |
47,085 |
67.20 |
59.88 |
63.75 |
| 1998 1st Qtr |
11,493 |
66.06 |
58.07 |
61.23 |
| 2nd Qtr |
10,941 |
66.66 |
59.02 |
62.60 |
| 3rd Qtr |
11,947 |
67.60 |
60.60 |
64.45 |
| 4th Qtr |
12,704 |
68.32 |
61.57 |
66.37 |
| 1999 1st Qtr |
11,858 |
68.34 |
61.09 |
65.84 |
| 2nd Qtr |
11,047 |
69.36 |
61.92 |
67.09 |
b) Housing Benefit: Number of Pre-Tenancy Determinations (PTDs) for Private Lettings: 1996 to end of June 1999
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All PTDs |
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| 1996 |
4,061 |
| 1997 |
4,974 |
| 1998 |
5,316 |
| 1998 | |
| 1st Qtr |
1,321 |
| 2nd Qtr |
1,435 |
| 3rd Qtr |
1,378 |
| 4th Qtr |
1,182 |
| 1999 | |
| 1st Qtr |
1,353 |
| 2nd Qtr |
1,466 |
c) Fair (Registered) Rents: 1996 to end of June 1999
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Number of cases |
Mean rent (£ per week) |
% change on previous rent |
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| Referred rent | Registered rent | ||||
| 1996 | Total lettings |
8,069 |
37.02 |
35.95 |
15% |
| Housing Association |
6,082 |
36.12 |
36.04 |
14% |
|
| Private lettings |
1,987 |
39.75 |
35.67 |
18% |
|
| 1997 | Total lettings |
8,794 |
39.48 |
38.26 |
14% |
| Housing Association |
6,447 |
39.06 |
38.51 |
14% |
|
| Private lettings |
2,347 |
40.65 |
37.57 |
17% |
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| 1998 | Total lettings |
6,985 |
43.07 |
40.15 |
18% |
| Housing Association |
4,577 |
40.68 |
39.78 |
17% |
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| Private lettings |
2,408 |
47.63 |
40.87 |
19% |
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| 1999 1st Qtr | Total lettings |
1,593 |
42.48 |
41.26 |
17% |
| Housing Association |
1,178 |
41.08 |
40.62 |
17% |
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| Private lettings |
415 |
46.47 |
43.07 |
17% |
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| 2nd Qtr | Total lettings |
1,269 |
45.44 |
42.75 |
15% |
| Housing Association |
995 |
44.85 |
42.93 |
15% |
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| Private lettings |
274 |
47.59 |
42.10 |
17% |
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