§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of claimants receiving and the amount of benefit paid to people, broken down into the following categories: (a) standard housing benefit rent allowance, (b) standard housing benefit rent rebate, (c) standard housing benefit rate rebate, (d) certificated housing benefit rent allowance, (e) certificated housing benefit rent rebate, (f) certificated housing benefit rate rebate and (g) housing benefit supplement, for the latest date available.
§ Dr. BoysonWe estimate that the number of people in receipt of housing benefit, by benefit type, is as follows:
Number Certificated rent allowance 530,000 Certificated rent rebate 1,873,000 Certificated rate rebates 3,047,000 Standard rent allowance 300,000 Standard rent rebates 1,730,000 Standard rate rebates 3,810,000 The number receiving housing benefit supplement is about 200,000. These are included in the standard rebate figures. We estimate that expenditure on housing benefit supplement will amount to some £30 million in 1983–84.
Based on local authority subsidy claims, it is estimated that expenditure in 1983–84 will be:
£ million Certificated rent allowance 372 Certificated rent rebate 1,255 Certificated rate rebate 713 Standard rent allowance 138 Standard rent rebate 713 Standard rate rebate 534