HC Deb 19 November 1996 vol 285 cc510-1W
Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of those receiving housing benefit in Northern Ireland are tenants of private landlords. [3850]

Mr. Moss

The latest figures available are for March 1996, when 17.5 per cent. of people in Northern Ireland receiving housing benefit were tenants of private landlords.