§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the number of households receiving the following benefits(a) housing benefit, (b) community charge benefit, (c) family credit and (d) income support; and if he will list the figures separately for those households in which the head of household is (i) in full-time employment and (ii) in part-time employment.
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the precise form requested. The available information as at May 1991 is as follows:
Housing benefit with income support Housing benefit without income support Region Weekly average benefit for local authority tenants £ Weekly average benefit for private tenants £ Weekly average benefit for local authority tenants £ Weekly average benefit for private tenants £ South East 29.67 40.18 20.66 26.72 London 35.87 47.62 28.83 31.46 North 22.74 30.18 14.94 20.46 Wales 26.14 32.31 17.86 24.21 Scotland 23.05 34.51 16.09 21.95 Yorkshire and Humberside 21.48 30.76 13.86 23.44 East Midlands 23.04 31.29 14.98 21.17 East Anglia 25.65 37.46 17.82 26.01 South West 26.91 37.56 19.19 29.24 West Midlands 25.23 31.69 18.10 21.22 North West 24.28 33.48 16.70 21.05 Great Britain 26.16 37.20 18.37 24.98 Note:The average weekly amount of housing benefit for housing association tenants is included in the amounts for private tenants.