§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate for each year since 1980 the numbers and proportions of(a) council tenants, (b) private tenants, (c) outright owner occupiers arid (d) owner occupiers with mortgages in receipt of supplementary benefit, income support or housing benefit.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information available is in the table. Detailed information for owner-occupiers is available only for supplementary benefit. Housing benefit did not begin until 1983–84.
Council tenants Private tenants Owner occupier Numbers(000) Per cent Numbers(000) Per cent Numbers(000) Per cent 1986 3,720 63 1,180 52 2,368 17 1987 3,665 64 1,195 54 2,336 16 1988 3,100 55 925 43 1,260 9 Notes:
1. From April 1983 most supplementary benefit recipients, and from April 1988 most income support recipients, received assistance with rent and rates through housing benefit. The figures in (c) above therefore include those in (a) and (b) who qualified for housing benefit.
2. The information in (a) above is on the basis of receipt of supplementary benefit irrespective of assistance through housing 443W benefit. From April 1988 information about the tenure type of Income Support recipients is on the basis of those who also receive housing benefit.