HC Deb 27 June 1989 vol 155 cc415-6W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many families in receipt of family credit also receive a local authority rent rebate and a rate rebate;

(2) how many families in receipt of family credit also receive a local authority rate rebate.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Provisional information suggests that in May 1988, 62,000 families receiving some form of housing benefit were also receiving family credit. Further information is not available.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many of the families receiving family credit are estimated to be entitled to(a) a rent rebate and (b) a rate rebate.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Information from the 1985–86 family expenditure survey (FES), updated to 1988–89, suggests that of the families receiving family credit 7.4 per cent. would be entitled to a rent rebate or rent allowance only; 17.6 per cent. to a rate rebate only; and 5 per cent. to both a rent rebate-allowance and rate rebate.