§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the take-up of certificated and standard housing benefit separately in 1985, showing in each case(a) the total likely to be entitled to benefit, (b) the proportion receiving benefit, (c) the numbers not receiving benefit, (d) estimated amount of benefit unclaimed, and (e) the average weekly amount unclaimed, broken down into pensioners, sick and disabled, families with children, and one-parent families.
§ Mr. PortilloWe expect to publish housing benefit take-up estimates based on the 1985 family expenditure survey by the end of the year.