§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Mr. Hogg) of 18 January,Official Report, column 103, if he will publish an estimate of the regional and national distribution of claimants and payments of income support for mortgage interest.
§ Mr. BurtThe information is in the table.
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Regions Number of income support recipients with mortgage interest added in the assessment Annual amount of mortgage interest added in the assessment £ millions North Eastern 52,000 81 London North 80,000 247 South Western 40,000 107 Wales 27,000 49
Regions Number of income support recipients with mortgage interest added in the assessment Annual amount of mortgage interest added in the assessment £ millions Midlands 69,000 127 North Western 58,000 86 Scotland 18,000 33 London South 67,000 220 Great Britain 411,000 949 Notes:
1. Due to rounding the sum of the individual amounts for each region does not equal the total for Great Britain.
2. The regions are DSS administrative regions prior to 1991.
Source: Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiry, May 1991.