Housing and Council Tax Benefits (Hansard, 15 September 2004)

HC Deb 15 September 2004 vol 424 c1618W 1618W

§ Mr. Webb
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many housing and council tax benefit claimants there were in(a) each local authority and (b) total in 2002–03. [189121]

§ Mr. Pond
The average number of housing benefit claimants during 2002–03 was 3,804,900; the average number of council tax benefit claimants was 4,590,900. The information for each local authority has been placed in the Library.