Mr. Vane:

asked the Minister of Supply (1) what system of accounting is adopted by his Department to enable managers of housing estates to account for the income and annual expenditure, including repairs, in respect of each property or estate under their management;

(2) what proportion of the total rent and estimated rental value in the case of properties occupied rent free in respect of all his Department's housing estates in England and Wales was expended during the last accounting year on repairs, insurance, management and other outgoings in order to enable the existing rental value to be maintained.