§ 29. Mr. Norman HoggTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many households are having their mortgage interest payments met by his Department: and what the cost will be of these payments in 1992–93.
§ Mr. BurtThe latest available information indicates a total of 411,000 income support recipients receiving help with mortgage interest payments at a cost of £949 million. This is derived from the May 1991 income support annual statistical enquiry, a copy of which is in the Library. Estimates on the cost to the Department of these payments in 1992–93 are not yet available.