ONS · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019

Average private rent a month during the Conservative 2017–2019 government

May 2017 → November 2019 · 30 periods

↑ 4.0%+£39 £ a month

Average private rent a month rose by 4.0% over the period, from £977 £ a month (May 2017, the level when the government took office) to £1,016 (November 2019, the last complete period before it left office).

Inherited level May 2017: £977
Level when it left November 2019: £1,016
method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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Definition and caveats

The average monthly rent for a privately rented property in the area, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which models rents across the whole stock of private tenancies from letting-agent and Valuation Office data, not only new lets. Bedroom breakdowns are held on the same series.

Doesn’t measure: The asking rent for a property advertised today, which is usually higher than the average across all tenancies, nor social rents, nor what any particular tenant pays.