§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people living in Wales would suffer reductions in their housing benefit as a result of the Government's proposed changes in regulations.
§ Dr. BoysonThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are currently in receipt of housing benefit in Wales.
§ Dr. BoysonThe most recent available information was given to the hon. Member in my answer on 23 January 1984 at column441.
§ Mr. Andrew Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, for the latest available date, what was the average payment per week of housing benefit supplement for (a) pensioners and (b) non-pensioners.
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§ Dr. BoysonThe estimated average weekly payment of housing benefit supplement in December 1983, the latest date for which information is available, was £3.04 to pensioners and £3.45 to non-pensioners.
[Source: Quarterly Statistics Inquiry December 1983].
§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of tenants on housing benefit in Scotland, including separate figures for standard cases and certified cases and the respective percentage figures for each total.
§ Dr. BoysonBased on the latest available information (August 1983), we estimate that there are approximately 610,000 tenants receiving housing benefit in Scotland, 250,000 of these are certificated cases and 360,000 standard cases, representing 41 per cent. and 59 per cent. respectively of the above total.