§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been(a) the total level of housing benefit paid out and (b) the number of recipients in each London borough for each of the past five years. [15931]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe available information is set out in the tables:
Table 1: Average number of housing benefit recipients in London boroughs 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Barking and Dagenham 8,500 14,300 14,600 15,400 16,400 Barnet 8,500 13,200 14,800 16,900 19,000 Bexley 5,300 8,300 8,900 9,900 10,000 Brent 14,200 18,500 22,200 27,200 32,000 Bromley 7,800 12,400 13,500 14,600 15,600 Camden 16,300 23,400 25,900 30,800 32,600 City of London 700 900 600 1,100 1,100 Croydon 10,700 16,800 20,000 22,100 23,700 Ealing 12,400 18,600 16,900 20,400 24,300 Enfield 9,000 14,200 15,500 17,300 18,000 Greenwich 12,700 18,800 21,000 23,900 25,500 Hackney 21,200 25,900 32,300 35,500 37,500 Hammersmith and Fulham 12,600 17,200 18,700 20,500 22,500 Haringey 16,900 31,100 35,800 37,500 38,500 Harrow 4,100 6,900 7,800 9,100 10,000 Havering 5,800 9,900 10,400 10,800 13,900 Hillingdon 5,600 10,100 11,500 13,400 14,800 Hounslow 7,000 10,600 10,500 12,000 16,700 Islington 16,000 23,900 27,300 27,100 30,100 Kensington and Chelsea 9,500 11,400 13,200 15,500 17,600 Kingston upon Thames 3,100 6,000 6,300 6,800 7,400 Lambeth 22,400 29,600 34,700 37,900 42,800 Lewisham 19,600 31,400 34,100 33,000 36,100 Mellon 5,400 9,900 10,900 11,600 12,100 Newham 15,800 27,500 29,600 34,800 35,800 Redbridge 6,300 10,300 11,100 12,300 13,500 Richmond upon Thames 4,500 8,000 8,100 8,700 9,600 Southwark 20,600 26,500 30,200 35,300 40,600 Sutton 4,700 8,200 8,900 9,600 10,300 Tower Hamlets 19,800 26,500 28,600 30,400 32,100 Waltham Forest 11,600 15,700 17,600 19,400 19,300 Wandsworth 16,300 24,800 26,300 29,500 29,700 Westminster 11,200 16,500 18,600 20,200 22,400 Source:
Housing Benefit Management Information System.
Figures given are an average of four quarters in each year.
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Table 2: Housing benefit expenditure in London boroughs £ millions 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Barking and Dagenham 10.300 12.600 17.200 21,600 28.000 Barnet 19.500 24.500 32.100 44.100 59.500 Bexley 8.900 10.800 14.100 20.100 26.900 Brent 42.600 50.900 63.500 85.700 110.100 Bromley 17.400 21.000 27.600 34.000 41.600 Camden 41.200 53.900 67.100 87.300 104.700 City of London 1.400 1.700 2.000 2.400 2.800 Croydon 21.200 29.900 46.700 58.200 73.900 Ealing 36.000 41.600 56.600 78.900 104.800 Enfield 21.900 27.000 37.100 45.800 52.400 Greenwich 27.200 30.900 44.000 55.700 67.300 Hackney 40.000 58.200 89.000 114.500 144.200 Hammersmith and Fulham 33.600 36.600 48.200 57.300 69.900 Haringey 53.000 41.300 105.400 117.300 131.400 Harrow 10.200 13.100 19.500 26.300 33.900 Havering 11.000 14.000 16.100 20.100 24.900 Hillingdon 11.900 15.300 23.900 35.000 45.900 Hounslow 13.900 15.800 23.100 33.700 44.700 Islington 33.300 42.100 66.500 75.400 94.300 Kensington and Chelsea 21.300 24.100 34.700 48.700 64.600 Kingston upon Thames 8.000 10.200 14.400 18.500 23.700 Lambeth 40.400 47.600 66.900 90.600 114.300 Lewisham 33.300 41.900 54.800 68.000 86.000
Table 2: Housing benefit expenditure in London boroughs £ millions 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Merton 12.500 18.100 24.700 29.700 34.500 Newham 33.300 47.600 64.100 81.100 105.300 Redbridge 17.200 25.100 35.500 44.400 50.300 Richmond upon Thames 9.700 12.300 16.600 21.400 26.100 Southwark 42.900 97.400 70.000 92.600 108.200 Sutton 9.800 11.700 16.600 21.000 25.400 Tower Hamlets 44.200 50.100 70.000 70.000 70.300 Waltham Forest 20.000 24.900 36.100 45.300 54.000 Wandsworth 38.800 46.800 62.800 79.300 98.100 Westminster 35.700 43.200 61.600 88.700 114.200 Sources:
Audited accounts provided to the Departments of Social Security and Environment.
Audited accounts for 1994–95 are not yet available.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total cost of administration of housing benefit for each London borough in the last financial year; and what proportion of this was borne by central Government for each borough. [15932]
§ Mr. EvansThe latest available information is set out in the table.
£ thousand London borough Administration costs Barking and Dagenham 643 Barnet 2,411 Bexley 510 Brent 3,149 Bromley 1,466 Camden 4,722 City 205 Croydon 1,784 Ealing 2,946 Enfield 2,383 Greenwich 2,923 Hackney 2,872 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,192 Haringey 2,561 Harrow 885 Havering 453 Hillingdon 1,724 Hounslow 2,264 Islington 3,111 Kensington and Chelsea 2,971 Kingston upon Thames 596 Lambeth 3,694 Lewisham 3,618 Merton 612 Newham 3,698 Redbridge 1,330 Richmond upon Thames 737 Southwark 2,543 Sutton 774 Tower Hamlets 2,039 Waltham Forest 1,903 Wandsworth 1,815 Westminster 5,224 Note:
No figures are available for the proportion of Housing Benefit administration costs met by Central Government. This is because half of the subsidy is distributed by the Department for the Environment, via the Revenue Support Grant. This does not specify the exact amount attributable to Housing Benefit.
Source:
Department for the Environment return 'RO4 Housing Benefit, Sports and Other' 1994–95.