§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the latest numbers of winners and losers as a result of changes in housing benefit in Alyn and Deeside district council area, Clwyd; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PortilloI regret that the information is not available.
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of people claiming housing benefits in each housing authority in Scotland.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 14 April 1988]: The information available is given in the table. The figures represent the estimated number of benefit recipients in each authority.
The number of unsuccessful claims is not available.
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Authority name Rent rebates Rent allowance Rate rebates Orkney Island Council 778 225 1,236 Shetland Island Council 970 154 1,605 Western Isles Council 1,822 292 4,909 Borders Regional Council 0 0 11,130 Berwickshire DC 1,384 321 0 Ettrick & Lauderdale DC 2,145 450 0 Roxburgh DC 3,000 370 0 Tweeddale DC 750 310 0 Regional Totals 7,279 1,451 11,130 Central Regional Council 0 0 39,034 Clackmannan DC 5,620 260 0 Falkirk DC 16,800 1,030 0 Stirling DC 7,800 1,110 0 Regional Totals 30,220 2,400 39,034 Dumfries and GallowayRegion 0 0 16,103 Annandale and EskdaleDC 2,720 335 0 Nithsdale DC 4,050 640 0 Stewartry DC 1,450 250 0 Wigtown DC 3,000 400 0 Regional Totals 11,220 1,625 16,103 132W
Authority name Rent rebates Rent allowance Rate rebates Fife Regional Council 0 0 41,579 Dunfermline DC 11,716 762 0 Kirkcaldy DC 15,915 1,448 0 North East Fife DC 4,850 1,240 0 Regional Totals 32,481 3,450 41,579 Grampian Regional Council 0 0 52,982 Aberdeen City Council 18,400 5,000 0 Banff and Buchan DC 6,152 499 0 Gordon DC 2,651 722 0 Kincardine and Deeside DC 1,645 490 0 Moray DC 6,500 950 0 Regional Totals 35,348 7,661 52,982 Highland Regional Council 0 0 17,888 Badenoch DC 650 240 0 Caithness DC 1,890 243 0 Inverness DC 3,976 497 0 Lochaber DC 1,574 274 0 Nairn DC 678 143 0 Ross and Cromarty DC 3,596 549 0 Skye and Lochalsh DC 498 306 0 Sutherland DC 1,037 111 0 Regional Totals 13,899 2,363 17,888 Lothian Regional Council 0 0 94,496 Edinburgh DC 31,500 25,600 0 East Lothian DC 7,900 670 0 Midlothian DC 5,850 1,020 0 West Lothian DC 11,080 750 0 Regional Totals 56,330 28,040 94,496 Strathclyde Regional Council 0 0 408,542 Argyll and Bute DC 4,835 1,275 0 Bearsden and Milngavie DC 1,099 79 0 Clydebank DC 7,479 432 0 Clydesbank DC 5,100 250 0 Cumbernauld DC 2,381 63 0 Cumnock and Doon DC 5,511 241 0 Cunninghame DC 13,759 924 0 Dumbarton DC 7,220 570 0 East Kildbride DC 815 193 0 Eastwood DC 1,073 215 0 Glasgow 120,500 23,000 0 Hamilton DC 14,600 440 0 Inverclyde DC 12,100 1,130 0 Kilmarnock DC 10,679 214 0 Kyle and Carrick DC 10,515 918 0 Motherwell DC 25,271 640 0 Renfrew DC 23,100 2,100 0 Strathkelvin DC 5,364 280 0 Regional Totals 289,090 33,174 408,542 Tayside Regional Council 0 0 59,034 Angus DC 7,500 1,000 0 Dundee DC 22,915 3,985 0 Perth and Kinross DC 8,500 1,800 0 Regional Totals 38,915 6,785 59,034 Cumbernauld (Dev C) 4,800 0 0 East Kildbride (Dev C) 7,500 0 0 Glenrothes (Dev C) 4,000 0 0 Irvine (Dev C) 2,400 0 0 Livingston (Dev C) 5,000 0 0
Authority name Rent rebates Rent allowance Rate rebates Scottish Special HA 47,200 0 0 New Town Totals 70,900 0 0 Scottish Totals 589,252 87,620 748,538 Notes:
1. Derived from local authority housing benefit subsidy estimates for 1987–88.
2. DC = District Council.
(Dev C) = Development Corporation.
3. Some claimants receive a rent rebate or allowance and a rate rebate. It is not therefore possible to calculate the number of people claiming housing benefit by adding the figures together.