HC Deb 06 July 1992 vol 211 cc83-4W
22. Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that his Department receives value for money from housing benefit paid to tenants in private rented property.

Mr. Burt

Regulations are designed to ensure that housing benefit is properly paid and there is a range of other measures such as subsidy controls and monitoring arrangements.