HC Deb 18 January 2000 vol 342 cc431-2W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total public expenditure on housing benefit in each of the past 10 years in respect of(a) private and (b) public rented housing. [105231]

Angela Eagle

The information is in the table.

£ million
Rent allowances Rent rebates Total housing benefit
1989–90 1,359 2,941 4,299
1990–91 1,779 3,368 5,147
1991–92 2,426 4,068 6,494
1992–93 3,284 4,593 7,877
1993–94 4,195 5,019 9,214
1994–95 4,883 5,229 10,112
1995–96 5,455 5,431 10,886
1996–97 5,810 5,569 11,380
1997–98 5,682 5,498 11,180
1998–99 5,667 5,405 11,072

Notes:

  1. 1. Sum of DSS-funded and additional Local Authority expenditure.
  2. 2. Figures for 1989–90 to 1996–97—source: table 8 of Social Security Departmental Report 1999 (Cm 4214) and earlier equivalents. Figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are estimated outturn.
  3. 3. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

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