§ Mr. ButterfillTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are his present estimates of(a) expenditure on community charge benefit, (b) the average number of 681W benefit cases and (c) the number of charge payers that will Mrs. Gillian Shephard: The information is in the table. be helped by community charge benefit in England, Scotland and Wales in 1990–91.
Community Charge Benefit 1990–91 England Scotland Wales Great Britain Central Government grant to localauthorities: (£ billion) £1.45 £0.22 £0.07 £1.75 Average number of benefit cases(million) 6.5 0.9 0.4 7.9 Average number of chargepayers helped by Community Charge Benefit: (millions) 8.1 1.15 0.5 9.75 In addition, adjustments were made in April 1989 to the income-related benefits, to help claimants pay their minimum contribution to the community charge, at a cost of more than £500 million in Great Britain (£400 million in England).