Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average sector rent was in each London Borough in each year since 2010.

Information on average rents in the local authority sector for 2011-12 and 2012-13 can be found in section H of the datasets on the Department’s website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012 and

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013

Information on average rents in the private sector can be found on the Valuation Office’s website at:

http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/statisticalReleases/140610_Private_Rental_Market.html

Information on average social rents Private Registered Providers can be found on the Department’s website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies

The tables below show how rents have fallen in real terms.