HC Deb 04 November 1993 vol 231 cc382-5W
Mr. George Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each new town corporation in Scotland and Scottish Homes, for each available year since 1987–88(a) the number of tenancies in their stock, (b) the number of these tenants in receipt of rent rebate, (c) the number of tenants in receipt of rent rebate as a percentage of the overall number of tenants, (d) the total amount of housing benefit expenditure, (e) the numbers and amounts of housing benefit overpayments and the amount as a percentage of the overall housing benefit expenditure, (f) the numbers and amounts of housing benefit backdated awards under Regulation 72(15) and the amount paid as a percentage of the overall housing benefit expenditure and (g) the numbers and amounts of discretionary payments under Exceptional Circumstances Regulation 69(8) and their percentage in relation to total housing benefit expenditure.

Mr. Burt

The available information is in the tables.

1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Irvine (DC) 47 50 50 50 51
Livingston (DC) 44 47 45 47 49
Scottish Homes 1— 52 52 62 63
Total 2— 52 52 58 60

(d) Total Housing Benefit expenditure (£)
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld (DC) 3,386,708 3,562,957 3,616,865 3,798,328 4,173,769
East Kilbride (DC) 4,437,371 4,666,748 4,972,683 5,535,231 6,405,684
Glenrothes (DC) 2,924,230 3,078,029 3,220,484 3,578,474 4,137,078
Irvine (DC) 1,707,373 1,815,819 1,879,451 2,055,093 2,362,064
Livingston (DC) 3,449,244 3,619,755 3,740,551 4,249,920 4,999,275
Scottish Homes 1— 34,141,686 37,288,386 41,853,626 (+)45,752,720
Total 2— 50,884,994 54,718,420 61,070,672 22,077,870

(e) Number of cases of overpayment
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld (DC) 5 7 118 77 85
East Kilbride (DC) 85 48 42 258 611
Glenrothes (DC) 373 391 432 627 1,805
Irvine (DC) 519 1,262 838 636 379
Livingston (DC) 10 77 82 57 90
Scottish Homes 1— 6,390 4,217 4,632 2—
Total 2— 8,175 5,729 6,287 2—

(e) Amount of overpayment (£)
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld (DC) 1,802 1,090 42,432 18,391 18,102
East Kilbride (DC) 11,894 16,854 13,491 39,461 70,959
Glenrothes (DC) 26,793 22,958 27,017 42,635 104,544
Irvine (DC) 29,161 64,332 38,648 42,959 17,094
Livingstone (DC) 3,609 27,156 22,529 17,606 27,405
Scottish Homes 1— 1,098,802 956,231 953,108 2—
Total 2— 1,231,192 1,100,348 1,114,160 2—

(e) Overpayment as percentage of total expenditure
1988–89 Per cent. 1989–90 Per cent. 1990–91 Per cent. 1991–92 Per cent. 1992–93 Per cent.
Cumbemauld (DC) 0.05 0.03 1.17 0.48 0.43
East Kilbride (DC) 0.27 0.36 0.27 0.71 1.11
Glenrothes (DC) 0.92 0.75 0.84 1.19 2.53
Irvine (DC) 1.71 3.54 2.06 2.09 0.72
Livingston (DC) 0.10 0.75 0.60 0.41 0.55
Scottish Homes 1— 3.22 2.56 2.28 2—
Total 2— 2.42 2.01 1.82 2—

(f) Number of cases of backdated payment
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld (DC) 16 20 13 30 36
East Kilbride (DC) 0 0 0 0 5
Glenrothes (DC) 0 0 2 2 3
Irvine (DC) 18 25 35 30 32
Livingston (DC) 5 6 16 12 19
Scottish Homes 1— 263 211 194 2—

1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Total 2— 314 277 268 2—

(f) Amount of backdated benefit (£)
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbernauld (DC) 4,320 6,293 2,646 11,576 15,159
East Kilbride (DC) 0 0 0 0 371
Glenrothes (DC) 0 0 376 584 1,670
Irvine (DC) 2,216 2,147 3,822 7,767 4,386
Livingston (DC) 1,048 1,612 4,572 3,467 5,053
Scottish Homes 1— 50,819 37,872 40,864 2—
Total 2— 60,871 49,288 64,258 2—

(f) Backdated amount as percentage of total expenditure
Per cent.
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbemauld (DC) 0.13 0.18 0.07 0.30 0.36
East Kilbride (DC) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
Glenrothes (DC) 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.04
Irvine (DC) 0.13 0.12 0.20 0.38 0.19
Livingston (DC) 0.03 0.04 0.12 0.08 0.10
Scottish Homes 1— 0.15 0.10 0.10 2—
Total 2— 0.12 0.09 0.11 3—

(g) Amounts of discretionary payments (£)
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Cumbemauld (DC) 260 106 2— 305 0
East Kilbride (DC) 0 0 0 0 0
Glenrothes (DC) * 0 0 0 893
Irvine (DC) 0 0 0 0 0
Livingston (DC) 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Homes 1— 16,021 36,474 49,962 2—
Total 2— 16,027 36,474 50,267 2—

(g) Discretionary amounts as percentage of total expenditure
1988–89 Per cent. 1989–90 Per cent. 1990–91 Per cent. 1991–92 Per cent. 1992–93 Per cent.
Cumbernauld (DC) 0.01 0.00 2— 0.01 0.00
East Kilbride (DC) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Glenrothes (DC) 2— 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
Irvine (DC) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Livingston (DC) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Scottish Homes 1— 0.05 0.10 0.12 2—
Total 2— 0.03 2— 0.08 2—
Notes:
1 Indicates that Scottish Homes did not exist in 1988.
2 Not available.

1. Scottish Homes figure for total expenditure in 1992–93 is from the mid-year estimate.

2. Information on the number of discretionary payments is not available.

Sources:

Tenancies: Scottish Office.

Cases: Housing Benefit Management Information System.

Expenditure: Final Subsidy claim forms.

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