Housing Benefit (Hansard, 22 July 1986)

§ Mr. Mark Robinson

Council tenants are eligible for two components of housing benefit: rate rebates and rent rebates. Information held centrally does not enable the level of rates rebates paid to council tenants to be

Local Authority Manpower—Wales—Numbers of staff
	Full-time employees	Part-time employees_*
	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
County Councils:†
Clwyd	9,007	8,914	8,724	8,643	8,748	8,757	8,561	8,460	6,045	6,021	5,959	6,138	6,513	6,843	7,030	6,933
Dyfed	8,388	8,324	8,091	7,992	7,984	8,058	7,846	7,693	5,296	5,374	4,996	5,123	5,336	5,349	5,341	5,538
Gwent	10,929	10,742	10,516	10,480	10,392	10,283	10,035	9,856	7,860	7,584	7,839	7,531	7,735	7,810	5,063	8,286
Gwynedd	6,151	6,097	6,120	6,048	5,927	5,689	5,689	5,613	3,649	3,725	3,607	3,361	3,662	3,717	3,848	3,925
Mid Glamorgan	14,770	15,157	13,977	13,076	13,512	13,474	13,166	13,276	8,689	9,146	9,411	9,212	9,661	10,493	10,513	10,704
Powys	3,285	3,228	3,208	3,133	3,201	3,245	3,172	3,078	1,804	1,793	1,762	1,771	2,065	2,072	2,050	2,024
South Glamorgan	8,670	8,713	8,661	8,396	8,432	8,539	8,384	8,249	6,038	5,970	5,936	5,865	5,863	6,009	6,257	6,361
West Glamorgan	9,954	9,554	9,228	9,007	9,056	8,964	8,740	8,584	5,594	5,329	5,349	5,590	5,756	5,726	5,751	5,785
District Councils:
Aberconwy	564	537	504	488	487	485	469	454	38	48	42	39	40	44	41	44
Alyn and Deeside	499	490	512	464	453	443	445	443	153	144	160	109	96	95	88	96
Arfon	582	542	555	551	542	524	530	502	39	41	40	56	51	57	59	64
Blaenau Gwent	1,025	1,025	980	976	1,017	955	932	924	107	100	99	93	106	129	113	120
Brecknock	239	225	221	220	299	225	223	228	32	29	24	28	23	24	20	21
Cardiff	3,770	3,665	3,573	3,576	3,625	3,370	3,177	3,153	230	200	222	211	305	308	335	366
Carrnarthen	411	416	393	387	402	401	398	402	55	54	57	68	63	59	59	59
Ceredigion	453	443	428	426	440	438	441	436	28	33	28	19	24	24	26	30
Colwyn	460	464	453	404	395	362	362	347	50	56	54	52	50	47	51	45
Cynon Valley	830	822	725	731	736	718	731	731	90	89	86	95	102	95	95	95
Delyn	494	513	489	463	455	446	447	443	122	155	159	145	171	147	153	137
Dinefwr	234	230	233	235	230	244	235	236	39	27	27	26	22	21	22	21
Dwyfor	214	209	206	213	225	219	218	219	17	24	20	19	21	20	18	18
Glyndwr	320	275	266	265	269	268	269	258	35	35	26	28	32	28	28	30
Islwyn	809	808	784	768	749	751	741	746	87	62	50	48	51	54	52	50
Llanelli	797	844	776	690	655	670	675	619	80	54	63	53	51	71	64	78
Lliw Valley	500	493	475	448	441	444	463	451	46	43	38	35	28	32	37	51
Meirionydd	247	255	252	258	259	254	245	243	54	47	47	45	45	48	56	52
Merthyr Tydfil	1,071	1,079	1,048	960	932	917	917	903	80	85	84	88	88	87	89	98
Monmouth	540	561	562	555	523	519	551	505	79	82	91	85	88	68	63	64
Montgomeryshire	298	281	288	267	263	278	261	259	79	82	91	85	88	68	83	79
Neath	566	552	549	540	531	531	554	545	33	34	33	33	34	35	41	42
New port	1,654	1,599	1,584	1,579	1,602	1,535	1,501	1,457	162	167	148	154	166	162	158	196
Ogwr	1,126	1,099	1,100	1,098	1,123	1,106	1,048	967	248	208	174	175	189	175	170	176
Port Talbot	843	843	791	720	819	752	640	604	113	112	99	100	92	94	90	87
Preseli	532	521	500	512	n.a.	504	507	503	39	42	41	41	n.a.	38	42	46
Radnor	136	135	136	138	133	137	135	136	28	27	30	30	31	31	27	26
Rhondda	1,041	1,073	853	855	849	833	818	781	125	124	142	167	169	168	182	189
Rhuddlan	446	429	454	422	435	410	406	392	97	90	104	112	85	49	65	54
Rhymney Valley	1,345	1,288	n.a.	1,298	1,270	1,195	1,185	1,185	173	181	n.a.	201	225	186	213	214
South Pembrokeshire	354	336	330	306	298	287	284	282	21	18	18	22	26	24	24	26
Swansea	2,413	2,304	2,284	2,330	2,270	2,192	2,177	2,199	194	177	212	133	118	145	143	144
Taff-Ely	969	949	911	875	847	859	797	792	94	99	98	102	105	111	120	146
Torfaen	998	995	977	975	963	895	796	786	124	134	148	150	176	150	159	173
Vale of Glamorgan	904	834	835	833	797	744	693	705	43	43	51	61	70	78	114	121
Wrexham Maelor	1,054	1,061	1,061	1,004	1,006	998	1,003	996	160	160	169	164	178	168	173	179

192W

determined. However, in 1984–85, the latest year for which figures are available, 71.3 per cent. of council tenants in Wales received rent rebates.

It is not possible to establish the proportion of recipients who are above or below retirement age.