§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish for each parliamentary constituency in Lancashire details of the number of people presently receiving housing benefit and income support together with housing benefit; and what are the costs involved.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardI regret that information is not collected on a constituency basis. The table shows the available information by local authority area. Blackpool includes the constituencies of Blackpool, North and Blackpool, South, and Lancaster City covers the constituencies of Lancaster, and Morecambe and Lunesdale.
Local authorities Housing benefit only Numbers Housing benefit income support Numbers Local authority estimated cost £ million Blackburn 5,200 8,905 11.8 Blackpool 7,359 10,954 16.3 Burnley 3,084 5,048 7.3 Chorley 2,694 3,841 5.3 Fylde 2,369 2,643 3.7 Hyndburn 3,068 3,962 6.1 Lancaster City 4,577 7,121 14.6 Pendle 2,615 4,266 5.5 Preston 4,946 7,661 13.0 Ribble Valley 1,194 1,007 1.4 Rossendale 2,506 3,116 5.3 South Ribble 2,765 3,073 4.3 West Lancashire 5,126 6,904 10.9 Wyre 5,717 4,774 4.9 Note: Expenditure information is not available by recipient group.
Source: Local authority caseload returns and expenditure estimates.