§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners in Nottingham are in receipt of housing benefit transitional payments.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information is not available in the form requested. The transitional payments unit can provide details of the number of recipients in certain groups only within the area of individual local authorities. As Nottingham is covered by more than one local authority, in various surrounding areas, we cannot provide these figures. Once the majority of payments have been made, we will publish national figures showing a breakdown of the numbers of payments made to people in each local authority.