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HSG/1999/4 Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarters Ended 31 December 1998

 

Quarterly Rent Officer Statistics

Table 16

a) Housing Benefit: Referred and Determined Rents for All Lettings: 1996 to end of June 1999
 

Number of cases

Mean Rent (£ per week)

Referred rent

Appropriate rent

Local reference rent

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

 

All PTDs

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

   

Number of cases

Mean rent (£ per week)

% change on previous rent

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%

 
1998 Total lettings

6,985

43.07

40.15

18%

Housing Association

4,577

40.68

39.78

17%

Private lettings

2,408

47.63

40.87

19%

 
1999 1st Qtr Total lettings

1,593

42.48

41.26

17%

Housing Association

1,178

41.08

40.62

17%

Private lettings

415

46.47

43.07

17%

 
2nd Qtr Total lettings

1,269

45.44

42.75

15%

Housing Association

995

44.85

42.93

15%

Private lettings

274

47.59

42.10

17%

 

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