§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the proportion of council house tenants in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland who receive housing benefit.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to his reply, 6 March 1986, c. 244]: Information is not available in the precise form requested. However, estimates based on local authority subsidy claims indicate that the proportion of council tenants (including new town and Scottish Special Housing Association tenants) who receive rate rebates is: 51 per cent. in Inverclyde, 67 per cent. in Strathclyde and 61 per cent. in Scotland.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the proportion of domestic ratepayers in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland who receive housing benefit.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to his reply, 6 March 1986, c. 244]: Information is not available in the precise form requested. However, we estimate that the number of rate rebate recipients, based on local and regional authority subsidy claims, as a proportion of the number of domestic ratepayers, is about 47 per cent. in Strathclyde and about 38 per cent. for Scotland as a whole. Rate rebates for Inverclude are the responsiblity for the regional rating authority whose subsidy claim does not separately identify rate rebate recipients in that district. I regret therefore that an estimate for Inverclyde is not available centrally.
§ Mrs. Beckettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the latest estimates of the number of households receiving housing benefit in Great Britain, showing (a) the division between standard and certificated cases, (b) the division between home owners, council tenants and others, (c) the division between pensioner households, families with children and others, (d) the number receiving rent rebates or allowances only, (e) the number receiving both a rent rebate or allowance and a rate rebate and (f) the number receiving a rate rebate only.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to his reply, 5 December 1986, c. 342]: The latest available estimates, based on inquiry information which relates to the autumn of 1984, are given in the following table. Estimates for later dates are currently available only on the basis of a computer simulation model using family expenditure survey data.
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Housing benefit: autumn 1984 Great Britain, thousands Standard housing benefit(1) Certificated housing benefit(2) All housing benefit All households 3,810 3,210 7,020 —home owners 1,580 690 2,270 —council tenants 1,760 1,970 3,730 —others 470 550 1,020 —pensioners 2,570 1,460 4,030 —families with children 730 920 1,650 —others 510 830 1,340 —rent rebate/allowance and rate rebate only 1,700 2,400 4,100 —rent rebate/allowance only 200 100 300 —rate rebate only 1,900 700 2,600 Notes:
(1) Estimates of standard housing benefit recipients are mainly derived from the DHSS September 1984 Standard Enquiry of local authorities.
(2) Estimates of certificated housing benefit recipients are derived from the August 1984 supplementary benefit Quarterly Enquiry. These estimates relate to those certificated to receive housing benefit. A very small proportion may not actually receive housing benefit because of the effect of deductions for non-dependent members of the household but reliable information is not available to quantify this.
(3) Estimates of the numbers receiving rent and rate help, rent help only and rate help only are subject to considerable proportionate error and are therefore rounded to the nearest 100,000. The remaining estimates are rounded to the nearest 10,000.