§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of(a) housing association tenants on assured lettings and (b) secure housing association tenants were in receipt of (i) full housing benefit and (ii) partial housing benefit on 31 March 1993, and at any subsequent date for which figures are available.
§ Sir George YoungAn estimated 60 per cent. of housing association tenants on assured lettings and also 60 per cent. of secure housing association tenants were receiving housing benefit in 1993. A breakdown between full and partial benefit is not currently available.
The proportions are provisional estimates from the "Survey of English Housing" for the period April to December 1993.