Housing and Community Charge Benefits

HC Deb 09 July 1991 vol 194 cc326-7W

Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table reconciling for the years 1985–86 to 1990–91 the figures for England, Scotland and Wales for housing and community charge benefits, as given in table 3 of Cm. 1514, with those for housing benefits, as given in theOfficial Report, 28 March, column 516.

Miss Widdecombe

It is not possible to publish such a table because the information given in column516 of the Official Report for 28 March was taken from the 1989 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 621), and is based on local authority returns which are subject to adjustment. The information given in table 3 of the departmental report (Cm. 1514), is more recent and therefore includes subsequent adjustments.