HC Deb 06 April 1998 vol 310 c136W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate she has made of the number of households with incomes within the income support thresholds, not in receipt of income support, broken down by tenure. [37213]

Mr. Keith Bradley

The information is set out in the table.

Estimated number of households not claiming income support to which they are entitled
Tenure type Estimated number of households
LA tenants 460,000
Private tenants 290,000
Owner occupiers 740,000
Total 1,490,000

Notes:

  1. 1. In the analysis presented here, a household is included if at least one benefit unit within the household is entitled to but not receiving Income Support.
  2. 2. Rounded to the nearest 10,000

Source:

Family Resources Survey 1995/96.