§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown of the losers from the £450 million cut in housing benefit under the Social Security Bill, by category of claimant and by numbers losing less than £1 per week, £1 to £2, £2 to £3, £3 to £4, £4 to £5, £5 to £6, £6 to £7, and more than £7 per week.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total number of claimants of housing benefit at his Department's offices at Highgate and Finsbury Park for each year since the scheme was introduced.
§ Mr. MajorHousing benefit is administered by local authorities and it is therefore not possible to relate the case load to this Department's local offices. Tables showing each local authority's estimate of its rent rebate, rent allowance and rate rebate case load, for each year since 289W the introduction of housing benefit, were placed in the Library last July following a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire, South (Mrs. Currie) on 19 July 1985, at column 305.