Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his latest estimate of the number of pensioners who are in receipt of housing benefit.
§ Miss WiddecombeIn May 1990, there were 2,067,000 housing benefit cases in Great Britain where either the claimant, or the partner, or both were aged 60 or over.
Source: Housing Benefit Management Information System annual 1 per cent. sample May 1990.