HC Deb 15 March 1978 vol 946 cc263-4W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people in England, Scotland and Wales in receipt of retirement pensions are also in receipt of rent rebates or rent allowances.

Mr. Armstrong

Statistics are not available in the precise form requested. The estimated numbers of tenants over pensionable age receiving rent rebates or rent allowances—excluding those also receiving supplementary benefit—are:

TENANTS OVER PENSIONABLE AGE RECEIVING RENT REBATES OR RENT ALLOWANCES: GREAT BRITAIN
thousands
Rent rebates Rent allowances
England 570 180
Wales 30 6
120 17

Figures relate to April 1977 for England and Wales, and to September 1976 for Scotland. About 8.4 million people in Great Britain receive retirement pensions.

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