§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of families with children age 18 years or under claimed housing benefit or its equivalent in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire,
Housing Benefit—number of families with dependants aged 18 years or under and as a percentage of all families with dependants aged 18 years or under May 1990 May 1991 May 1992 May 1993 Area Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Yorkshire and Humberside 76 — 80 — 110 — 96 — England 747 13.2 846 14.5 1,035 17.6 1,098 18.7 Source:
Housing benefit management information system, annual 1 per cent. sample inquiries with and without income support, taken at the end of May for each year.
Family Expenditure Survey, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993.
Notes:
1. The numbers given refer to the number of benefit units, which may be a single person with dependants or a couple with dependants.
2.The numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand and the percentages to one decimal place.
3. Information on total families with dependants under 19 is not available regionally, therefore we are unable to provide percentages for Yorkshire and Humberside.
4. Information on the number of families with dependants aged under 19 is not available prior to 1990 for housing benefit.
5. Reliable information is not available for York or North Yorkshire.