HL Deb 07 November 1989 vol 512 cc698-9WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people in receipt of Housing Benefit are:

  1. (a) registered unemployed;
    2. 699
  2. (b) neither disabled, nor of retiring age, nor registered unemployed, but not in full-time employment;
  3. (c) also in receipt of an invalidity pension or severe disablement allowance;
  4. (d) of pensionable age;
  5. (e) in part-time employment; (1) in full-time employment;
and what is the cost to public funds under each heading.

Lord Henley

The housing benefit management information system does not provide information in the detail necessary to estimate expenditure under these headings. The information which is available is in the table.