§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many landlords in the last available financial year received direct payments of housing benefit totalling(a) more than £500,000, (b) between £250,000 and £500,000 and (c) between £100,000 and £250,000. [25382]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is not available centrally as housing benefit is administered by local authorities.
§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 22 February, Official Report, column313, if he will provide the figures on housing benefit in London 1994–95. [25381]
§ Mr. EvansThe information is set out in the tables.
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Table 1: Average number of housing benefit recipients for London boroughs—1994–95 Local authority Recipients Barking and Dagenham 18,300 Barnet 19,900 Bexley 11,500 Brent 33,200 Bromley 16,000 Camden 33,200 City of London 1,300 Croydon 24,400 Ealing 26,800 Enfield 17,900 Greenwich 26,900 Hackney 40,300 Hammersmith and Fulham 23,100 Haringey 39,600 Harrow 10,900 Havering 11,700 Hillingdon 15,300 Hounslow 17,900 Islington 33,100 Kensington and Chelsea 18,200 Kingston upon Thames 7,500 Lambeth 47,400 Lewisham 35,700 Merton 12,300 Newham 37,400 Redbridge 12,900 Richmond upon Thames 9,700 Southwark 42,900 Sutton 10,200 Tower Hamlets 33,000
Table 1: Average number of housing benefit recipients for London boroughs—1994–95 Local authority Recipients Waltham Forest 22,900 Wandsworth 30,500 Westminster 25,000 Note:
Figures given are an average of four quarters each year.Source:
Housing benefit management information system—100 per cent. quarterly counts.
Table 2: Housing benefit expenditure in London boroughs £millions Local authority 1994–95 Barking and Dagenham 36.1 Barnet 66.3 Bexley 31.3 Brent 117.0 Bromley 47.4 Camden 113.1 City of London 3.5 Croydon 82.5 Ealing 100.8 Enfield 63.7 Greenwich 74.8 Hackney 146.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 74.9 Haringey 142.3 Harrow 40.8 Havering 27.2 Hillingdon 50.0 Hounslow 50.9 Islington 103.1 Kensington and Chelsea 71.1 Kingston upon Thames 24.8 Lambeth 126.3 Lewisham 91.9 Merton 37.2 Newham 122.3 Redbridge 52.4 Richmond upon Thames 28.3 Southwark 117.4 Sutton 27.5 Tower Hamlets 74.3 Waltham Forest 66.6 Wandsworth 100.8 Westminster 124.0 Source:
Department of the Environment.DSS planning and finance division.Note:
Not all of the figures given are final audited figures and may be subject to change.