HC Deb 21 January 1988 vol 125 c828W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of householders living in council housing within the district of Derwentside are in receipt of housing benefit.

Mrs. Roe

The information supplied to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy by Derwentside district council shows that at November 1987 75 per cent. of their tenants were in receipt of housing benefit in the form of a standard or certificated rent rebate.