§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bolton, West (Ms Kelly) on 23 March 1999,Official Report, column 201, if he will estimate the number of (a) claimants of housing benefit who are of working age, (b) claimants of the working families tax credit and (c) current claimants of family credit, and the number and percentage of claimants of current family credit and future working families tax credit who also claim housing benefit. [80567]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe available information is contained in the tables:
Recipients of Family Credit and Housing Benefit in England, May 1998 Number Recipients of Housing Benefit where claimant is aged under 60 years 2,223,000 Recipients of Family Credit 654,000 Recipients of Family Credit and Housing Benefit 212,000 Percentage of Family Credit recipients with Housing Benefit 32 Per cent. Source
Housing Benefit Management Information System annual enquiry, May 1998
Family Credit Statistics quarterly enquiry, May 1998
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Estimates for Working Families Tax Credit and Housing Benefit for England, 1999–2000 Number
Estimates for Working Families Tax Credit and Housing Benefit for England, 1999–2000 Number Recipients of Working Families Tax Credit 1,050,000 Recipients of Working Families Tax Credit and Housing Benefit 190,000 Percentage of Working Families Tax Credit recipients with Housing Benefit 18 per cent.