HC Deb 23 April 1991 vol 189 cc376-7W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of public sector housing tenants who where in receipt of (a) full housing benefit in 1989–90 and 1990–91 and (b) partial housing benefit in 1989–90 and 1990–91; and what estimate has been made of the numbers who will be recipients of (i) full and (ii) partial housing benefit in 1991–92.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is in the following table.

Scottish rent rebate caseload
Thousands
11989–90 21990–91 31991–92
Full rebate4 270 259 270
Partial rebate 208 205 220
1 Average of four quarterly stock counts.
2 Derived from November 1990 stock count (latest available).
3 Derived from family expenditure survey based analysis.
4 Data shown relates to rent rebates granted on the basis of receipt of income support. Some people not getting income support may also get a full rent rebate, but their numbers are not readily available and they are thus included under partial rebates.

Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list in theOfficial Report the total amount of direct housing benefit subsidy made available to each district council in (a) 1989–90 and (b) 1990–91; and if he will give a projection of estimated direct housing benefit subsidy payable to each district council for 1991–92.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is in the table.

Direct housing benefit subsidy—Scottish district councils
£ million
Councils1 2 1989–903 1990–914 1991–925
Aberdeen 14.29 14.74 14.06
Angus 4.95 5.26 5.58
Annandale and Eskdale 2.08 2.23 2.30
Argyll/Bute 4.72 4.83 4.76
Badenoch 0.62 0.62 0.66
Banff and Buchan 4.56 4.78 5.20
Bearsden and Milngavie 0.83 0.93 0.92
Berwickshire 1.12 1.16 1.24
Caithness 1.62 1.81 1.84
Clackmannan 3.59 4.04 4.51
Clydebank 6.75 7.45 7.69
Clydesdale 3.14 3.69 3.73
Cumbernauld 2.05 2.12 2.81
Cumnock and Doon 3.30 3.57 4.28
Cunninghame 10.22 11.00 11.83
Dumbarton 6.54 7.69 7.83
Dundee 22.88 25.70 27.93
Dunfermline 8.54 9.23 9.91
East Kilbride 0.90 1.04 1.22
East Lothian 5.93 6.60 7.24
Eastwood 0.80 0.87 0.94
Edinburgh 52.68 53.08 62.76
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1.47 1.76 1.84
Falkirk 11.00 11.68 12.52
Glasgow 129.04 137.14 150.17
Gordon 2.07 2.20 2.43
Hamilton 8.74 9.20 9.80
Inverclyde 9.09 10.35 11.62
Inverness 4.07 4.52 4.38
Kilmarnock 6.48 7.48 7.58
Kincardine and Deeside 1.03 1.18 1.22
Kirkcaldy 12.01 13.06 14.69
Kyle and Carrick 8.13 7.33 9.73
Lochaber 1.16 1.32 1.53
Midlothian 3.98 3.81 3.82
Monklands 11.65 12.27 13.79
Moray 4.86 5.15 5.13
Motherwell 13.55 14.56 14.22
Nairn 0.67 0.57 0.56
Nithsdale 3.08 3.37 3.70
North East Fife 3.64 3.62 3.95
Perth and Kinross 6.02 6.87 7.35
Renfrew 14.59 17.42 20.41
Ross and Cromarty 3.23 3.39 3.93
Roxburgh 2.34 2.49 2.71
Skye and Lochalsh 0.67 0.72 0.75
Stewartry 1.12 1.20 1.32
Stirling 5.61 6.85 7.12
Strathkelvin 3.80 4.29 6
Sutherland 0.74 0.81 0.88
Tweedale 0.76 0.80 0.89
West Lothian 7.21 7.56 8.07
Wigtown 2.61 2.65 3.24
Notes:
1 The date in the table reflect rent rebate and rent allowance expenditure only.
2 Subsidy is paid to local authorities on a monthly basis At the beginning of each financial year payments are based on authorities initial estimates They are adjusted as necessary in the light of mid year estimates and final subsidy claims The latter are externally audited.
3 Based on 47 final claims and 6 mid year estimates.
4 Based entirely on mid year estimates.
5 Based entirely on initial estimates.
6 Estimates awaited.