§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing, with columns for English regions and England, Scotland, Wales and 395W Northern Ireland an analysis of those elements of table 2 of Cm 1514 which are included within the housing and community charge benefits totals in table 3 of Cm 1514.
§ Miss WiddecombeFigures in Cm 1514 relate to Great Britain; information concerning Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
£ million 1985–86 outturn 1986–87 outturn 1987–88 outturn 1988–89 outturn 1989–90 outturn 1990–91 estimated outturn Rent rebates: England 1,864 1,940 1,986 2,137 2,265 2,561 Scotland 225 258 291 313 349 383 Wales 127 134 134 148 155 152 Rent rebates discretionary: England 11 11 15 4 11 10 Scotland 4 5 5 1 1 2 Wales 1 1 1 0 0 0 Rent allowances: England 781 875 888 911 1,089 1,389 Scotland 55 71 89 85 104 142 Wales 40 49 48 53 59 74 Rent allowances discretionary: England 3 3 4 1 5 4 Scotland 1 1 1 1 1 1 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 Housing benefit local authority administration: England 136 154 193 216 233 179 Scotland 13 14 19 17 20 14 Wales 6 7 9 8 8 8 Community charge benefit local authority administration: England — — — — — 139 Scotland — — — — — 11 Wales — — — — — 6 Other: England — — — 4 3 — Scotland — — — 3 1 — Wales — — — 0 0 — Total local authority expenditure 3,268 3,521 3,682 3,902 4,304 5,076 Note: Figures may not sum to Cm 1514 Table 2 totals due to rounding.
§ Mr. DewarTo 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 WiddecombeIt 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.
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£ million 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Rent rebates in new towns: England 27 28 27 27 25 19 20 21 23 All benefit elements of table 2 of Cm 1514 are included within the housing and community charge benefit totals in table 3 of Cm 1514, and the administration elements of table 2 are included in the grand total of social security spending line of table 3. Information about English regions could be obtained only at disproportionate cost; the requested information for England, Scotland and Wales is in the table.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing, with columns for English regions and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland an analysis of social security expenditure consistent with table 3 of Cm 1514.
§ Miss WiddecombeFigures in Cm 1514 relate to Great Britain; information concerning Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The information requested is not available except for housing benefit (transitional payments excepted) and community charge benefit. For rate rebate and community charge benefit I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 3 June 1991 at columns 113–14. The information for rent rebates and rent allowances is set out in the table.
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1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Scotland 34 43 47 50 50 53 58 61 64 Wales 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Other rent rebates: England 1,875 1,951 2,001 2,140 2,276 2,571 2,816 3,011 3,192 Scotland 229 263 296 315 351 385 438 463 482 Wales 128 134 135 148 155 152 195 209 217 Rent allowances: England 784 877 891 913 1,094 1,393 1,540 1,732 1,942 Scotland 56 72 89 85 105 143 128 144 161 Wales 40 49 49 53 59 74 83 94 105 Note: Figures may not sum to Cm 1514 table 3 totals due to rounding.