§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for Great Grimsby the number of householders qualifying for (i) rate relief, (ii) housing benefit, (iii) the average amount per head in each case and (iv) his forecast under the council tax.
§ Miss WiddecombeI have been asked to reply.
The latest information is as follows:
- (i) 11,822 as at February 1990.
- (ii) 8,000 as at February 1991.
It is not possible to provide figures showing the average amounts payable in these cases or to provide forecasts for the council tax.