Housing Benefit Scheme

HC Deb 25 July 1983 vol 46 cc342-3W

Mr. Wheeler

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost of the housing benefit scheme in each London borough in respect of (a) the private rented sector, and (b) the council sector.

Dr. Boyson

The estimated cost in 1983–84 (including administration) is set out in the table. Information is not available centrally to provide a split between the two sectors.

	£ million
Barking	14.0
Barnet	24.1
Bexley	10.1
Brent	24.3
Bromley	19.7
Camden	29.3
Croydon	15.1
Ealing	20.2
Enfield	17.3
Greenwich	18.4
Hackney	31.8
Hammersmith	16.8

	£ million
Haringey	28.3
Harrow	12.5
Havering	11.1
Hillingdon	15.1
Hounslow	15.9
Islington	35.4
Kensington and Chelsea	15.2
Kingston-upon-Thames	6.0
Lambeth	44.7
Lewisham	26.3
Merton	12.1
Newham	23.1
Redbridge	13.6
Richmond-upon-Thames	9.5
Southwark	41.3
Sutton	11.0
Tower Hamlets	11.5
Waltham Forest	17.2
Wandsworth	36.6
Westminster	18.3

Note:

The figures do not include costs falling on the Greater London Council or the Corporation of the City of London.