§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what his most recent estimate is of the number of pensioner units with an income of(a) £200 to £210, (b) £211 to £220 and (c) £221 and above who are in receipt of (i) Housing Benefit, (ii) Council Tax Benefit, (iii) Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit and (iv) one or more of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. [153787]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table.
Pensioners in Great Britain in receipt of Housing Benefit and/or Counsil Tax Benefit by income over £200—May 1999 Total income Housing Benefit Council Tax Benefit Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit Over £200 8,000 12,000 10,000 10,000 £200-£210 5,000 6,000 1— 1— £210-£220 1,000 2,000 1— 1— Over £220 2,000 4,000 1— 1— 1 Data are nil or negligible (negligible being numbers less than 500) Notes:
1.The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple.
2. The figures for cases in receipt of Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit have been rounded to the nearest thousand. However due to the estimation procedure to produce the figures for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, or Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit, these figures need to be rounded to the nearest 10,000 due to the collection procedures in Scotland.
715W3. Pensioners have been identified by the claimant or the partner being aged 60 and over.
4. The bands of income have been reached by looking at the total income excluding any Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit but including income assumed from any savings
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 1999.