HC Deb 11 February 1993 vol 218 cc706-13W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each housing authority, for the latest year for which figures are available, the number of housing benefit claimants who live in(a) council housing, (b) other public sector housing and (c) private rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Burt

The information requested is in the table. "Other public sector housing" is taken to refer to accommodation provided by housing associations. The information relates to averages of the quarterly caseload counts, from the housing benefit management information system statistics for May and August 1992.

Claimants of Housing Benefit by type of accommodation.
Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
Aberconwy 1,733 95 1,331
Aberdeen 13,882 636 1,527
Adur 2,196 48 744
Allerdale 3,277 2,489 912
Alnwick 1,541 261 345
Alyn and Deeside 2,991 304 629
Amber Valley 4,024 312 1,202
Angus 5,402 158 1,055
Annandale and Eskdale 2,019 42 337
Arfon 3,253 41 1,478
Argyll-Bute 3,513 534 810
Arun 3,225 627 2,955
Ashfield 5,733 328 1,242
Ashford 4,606 170 995
Aylesbury Vale 4,998 4 1,387
Babergh 3,096 108 982
Badenoch 443 75 211
Banff and Buchan 4,597 151 506
Barking 14,118 41 1,075
Barnet 9,377 515 6,584
Barnsley 18,050 787 2,962
Barrow in Furness 2,957 6 1,713
Basildon 3,770 40 1,678
Basildon(DC) 6,928 0 0
Basingstoke 4,811 549 1,213
Bassetlaw 5,715 217 1,194
Bath 4,382 483 2,177
Bearsden and Milngavie 805 22 77
Berwickshire 970 144 195
Berwick-upun-Tweed 1,425 59 357
Beverley 2,618 221 831
Bexley 5,309 387 3,974
Birmingham 76,660 8,754 19,185
Blaby 1,244 197 420
Blackburn 8,661 1,345 1,422
Blackpool 5,039 626 6,293
Blaenau Gwent 6,696 741 787
Blyth Valley 5,390 1,124 697
Bolsover 4,226 168 1,075
Bolton 16,543 1,386 3,461
Boothferry 2,682 106 665
Boston 3,271 80 526
Bournemouth 4,635 119 8,751
Bracknell 3,974 496 864
Bradford 22,643 7,264 5,746
Braintree 6,283 122 1,219
Breckland 4,149 277 1,162
Brecknock 1,408 143 420
Brent n/a n/a n/a
Brentwood 2,165 125 460
Bridgnorth 1,860 56 536
Brighton 8,194 1,385 7,451
Bristol 23,178 2,277 10,833
Broadland 12 2,237 1,138
Bromley 415 11,164 2,900
Bromsgrove 2,179 85 503
Broxbourne 2,780 218 692
Broxtowe 3,817 301 1,486
Burnley 4,654 536 1,752
Bury 6,897 883 1,818
Caithness 1,641 65 230
Calderdale 9,640 656 3,053
Cambridge 5,288 822 1,870
Camden 17,896 4,166 8,558
Cannock Chase 4,883 132 814
Canterbury 4,476 621 2,513
Caradon 2,557 81 1,293
Cardiff 14,232 3,343 7,464
Carlisle 5,728 196 1,538
Carmarthen 1,890 190 837

Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
Carrick 3,050 27 2,023
Castle Morpeth 2,065 133 335
Castle Point 1,408 99 697
Ceredigion 1,759 143 1,443
Charnwood 4,321 366 1,233
Chelmsford 5,001 303 1,030
Cheltenham 4,209 447 2,043
Cherwell 3,981 345 1,581
Chester 4,926 53 2,102
Chester le Street 3,842 114 323
Chesterfield 7,218 407 1,392
Chichester 3,537 290 1,303
Chiltern 0 776 2,068
Chorley 2,396 1,350 782
Christchurch 0 1,191 619
City of London 994 0 101
Clackmannan 6,388 195 328
Cleethorpes 2,029 99 1,370
Clydebank 5,694 319 604
Clydesdale 4,101 100 194
Colchester 5,417 482 2,268
Colwyn 1,720 365 1,538
Congleton 2,502 80 422
Copeland 2,925 513 1,752
Corby 3,724 0 1,010
Cotswold 2,736 149 1,070
Coventry 16,214 3,065 6,212
Craven 1,194 63 703
Crawley 4,840 401 687
Crewe and Nantwich 4,343 201 1,238
Croydon 12,541 2,374 7,047
Cumbernauld n/a n/a n/a
Cumbernauld (DC) 3,258 0 0
Cumnock & Doon 4,855 87 191
Cunninghame 11,320 145 1,384
Cynon Valley 3,649 600 1,074
Dacorum 6,168 769 648
Darlington 4,811 486 1,697
Dartford 3,174 182 878
Daventry 2,213 0 480
Delyn 3,050 223 727
Derby 11,077 2,225 4,331
Derbyshire Dales 1,931 19 624
Derwentside 7,737 471 832
Dinefwr 1,448 96 615
Doncaster 19,220 357 4,013
Dover 4,158 535 2,256
Dudley 20,713 1,477 1,487
Dumbarton n/a n/a n/a
Dundee 18,557 1,591 2,613
Dunfermline 9,247 1 1,492
Durham 5,566 331 792
Dwyfor 843 77 591
Ealing 11,127 2,926 7,152
Easington 9,907 763 846
East Cambridgeshire 2,342 76 688
East Devon 3,079 217 1,914
East Dorset 15 1,514 987
East Hampshire 2,625 135 998
East Hertfordshire 3,696 91 757
East Kilbride 585 29 435
East Kilbride (DC) 5,230 0 0
East Lindsey 3,526 142 2,894
East Lothian 6,023 311 633
East Northampton 2,510 81 639
East Staffordshire 3,288 269 925
East Yorkshire 2,760 130 2,218
Eastbourne 3,333 740 2,801
Eastleigh 2,749 204 1,244
Eastwood 833 49 243
Eden 1,017 129 564
Edinburgh 25,236 922 13,432
Ellesmere Port 3,763 248 551
Elmbridge 2,985 79 1,557
Enfield 11,484 813 5,127
Epping Forest 4,903 295 872

Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
Epsom and Ewell 1,093 181 567
Erewash 4,549 290 1,398
Ettrick and Lauderdale 1,494 417 263
Exeter 3,996 974 2,734
Falkirk 13,208 254 857
Fareham 2,035 125 829
Fenland 3,175 96 1,306
Forest Heath 1,965 138 532
Forest of Dean 2,675 276 503
Fylde 1,378 70 1,412
Gateshead 20,209 1,123 4,200
Gedling 2,744 312 1,690
Gillingham 2,442 234 1,608
Glanford 2,010 205 680
Glasgow 101,048 5,599 15,875
Glenrothes (DC) 3,253 0 0
Gloucester 4,209 581 2,048
Glyndwr 1,607 198 475
Gordon 2,104 109 368
Gosport 3,279 328 1,141
Gravesham 4,610 165 1,234
Great Yarmouth 4,574 333 2,011
Greenwich 16,658 1,916 4,107
Grimsby 5,386 591 2,299
Guildford 3,745 29 1,715
Hackney 23,875 2,365 8,914
Halton 5,491 1,963 4,532
Hambleton 2,293 1 755
Hamilton 10,602 268 324
Hammersmith 10,792 3,247 6,265
Harborough 1,637 27 459
Haringey 18,340 2,822 17,846
Harlow 6,644 263 731
Harrogate 3,209 461 2,280
Harrow 5,400 326 3,309
Hart 1,366 93 587
Hartlepool 7,272 1,165 1,712
Hastings 3,280 965 3,347
Havant 2,405 283 996
Havering 12,620 157 2,208
Hereford 2,645 281 1,163
Hertsmere 3,626 189 644
High Peak 3,091 271 1,060
Hillingdon 9,631 313 3,072
Hinckley and Bosworth 2,575 68 678
Holderness 1,385 21 637
Horsham 3,119 57 1,218
Hounslow 7,520 719 3,322
Hove 2,572 660 4,861
Huntingdon 4,243 91 1,491
Hyndburn 3,025 168 1,491
Inverclyde 9,796 362 840
Inverness 4,632 184 866
Ipswich 6,512 1,230 2,404
Irvine (DC) 1,904 0 0
Isles of Scilly 41 9 29
Islington 19,785 1,547 6,417
Islwyn 3,868 467 582
Kennet 2,623 86 738
Kensington and Chelsea 5,489 4,662 4,363
Kerrier 2,943 51 2,481
Kettering 3,196 100 1,045
Kilmarnock 7,927 186 648
Kincardine and Deeside 1,124 129 244
Kingston-upon-Hull 26,581 2,017 7,129
Kingston-upon-Thames 4,307 1,042 1,318
Kingswood 2,728 311 631
Kirkcaldy n/a n/a n/a
Kirklees 19,804 1,305 4,745
Knowsley 18,373 503 3,234
Kyle and Carrick 8,145 61 1,180
Lambeth 23,729 3,852 8,773
Lancaster 3,365 300 4,396
Langbaurgh 9,905 1,015 1,985
Leeds 51,887 3,855 14,702
Leicester 20,671 547 7,270

Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
Leominster 1,163 78 512
Lewes 2,481 338 1,465
Lewisham 20,435 3,654 8,324
Lichfield 2,917 184 615
Lincoln 6,342 202 2,230
Liverpool 40,991 13,086 17,041
Livingston (DC) 3,654 0 0
Llanelli 4,796 297 1,177
Lliw Valley 3,236 261 624
Lochaber 1,007 82 206
Luton 6,944 619 3,552
Macclesfield 4,007 327 1,447
Maidstsone 4,858 265 1,472
Maldon 1,460 92 646
Malvern Hills 2,937 27 883
Manchester 62,613 6,413 17,761
Mansfield 6,265 690 1,735
Medina 71 2,303 2,919
Meirionnydd 1,130 62 626
Melton 1,309 0 489
Mendip 3,310 201 1,668
Merthyr Tydfil 4,957 12 1,721
Merton 6,814 1,216 3,619
Mid Bedfordshire 3,467 72 672
Mid Devon 2,360 218 950
Mid Suffolk 2,523 151 612
Mid Sussex 52 2,438 1,308
Middlesbrough 12,793 1,574 3,096
Midlothian 3,645 254 893
Milton Keynes 8,220 1,460 2,154
Mole Valley 2,037 41 775
Monklands 12,986 0 319
Monmouth 2,820 235 594
Montgomery 1,426 348 622
Moray 4,181 261 803
Motherwell 16,944 193 654
Nairn 532 32 107
Neath 3,812 505 709
New Forest 4,560 849 1,654
Newark 4,238 283 1,446
Newbury 34 3,274 1,627
Newcastle under Lyme 5,681 144 1,193
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28,697 4,064 5,927
Newham 18,921 3,149 12,328
Newport 9,317 963 2,797
Nithsdale 3,365 177 602
North Bedfordshire 0 5,585 1,850
North Cornwall 2,620 290 1,406
North Devon 2,330 474 2,310
North Dorset 1,688 177 516
North East Derby 5,803 88 629
North East Fife 2,927 118 594
North Hertfordshire 5,406 725 1,107
North Kesteven 2,875 0 769
North Norfolk 3,300 89 1,562
North Shropshire 1,750 148 613
North Tyneside 15,064 2,284 3,643
North Warwickshire 2,369 110 568
North West Leicester 2,954 392 679
North Wiltshire 3,850 92, 1,042
Northampton 9,822 401 2,899
Northavon 3,335 274 940
Norwich 12,692 912 3,630
Nottingham 25,849 1,729 10,215
Nuneaton 5,460 285 1,454
Oadby and Wigston 920 69 437
Ogwr 6,825 653 1,843
Oldham 15,075 1,459 2,864
Orkney 571 60 240
Oswestry 1,423 9 584
Oxford 5,967 652 4,061
Pendle 3,317 190 1,385
Penwith 2,399 82 1,781
Perth and Kinross 5,938 299 1,745
Peterborough 8,176 1,930 3,700
Plymouth 12,231 1,841 7,948

Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
Poole 3,778 556 2,378
Port Talbot 3,664 325 632
Portsmouth 12,888 2,234 4,647
Preseli 3,413 227 953
Preston 7,071 2,017 1,650
Purbeck 1,181 178 639
Radnor 529 96 592
Reading 5,879 869 3,421
Redbridge 6,794 523 4,804
Redditch 4,837 193 506
Reigate and Banstead 3,447 287 1,050
Renfrew 17,606 578 1,223
Restormel 2,664 108 2,307
Rhondda 3,851 669 1,317
Rhuddlan 1,711 222 2,095
Rhymney Valley 8,101 852 1,081
Ribble Valley 863 66 360
Richmondshire 1,275 69 317
Richmond upon Thames 5,002 463 3,125
Rochdale 12,447 1,345 2,637
Rochester on Medway 18 0 8,803
Rochford 1,483 116 819
Ross and Cromarty 2,939 140 399
Rossendale 3,569 356 697
Rother 2,196 278 1,540
Rotherham 17,853 1,200 2,617
Roxburgh 2,308 536 239
Rugby 3,043 472 890
Runnymede 2,215 165 862
Rural Wales 468 0 0
Rushcliffe 2,257 190 1,382
Rushmoor 2,793 174 1,160
Rutland 881 12 256
Ryedale 0 2,006 888
Salford 23,735 2,628 4,967
Salisbury 3,924 68 1,835
Sandwell 31,516 2,037 2,248
Scarborough 4,139 24 2,785
Scottish Homes 36,448 0 0
Scunthorpe 4,763 133 1,177
Sedgefield 8,173 751 491
Sedgemoor 3,691 252 1,758
Sefton 11,286 3,053 5,965
Selby 2,520 181 850
Sevenoaks 27 3,348 1,196
Sheffield 51,877 4,835 6,278
Shepway 2,902 144 3,351
Shetland 882 50 72
Shrewsbury and Atcham 3,618 186 1,183
Skye and Lochalsh 518 49 184
Slough 5,552 234 2,014
Solihull 9,347 678 956
South Bedfordshire 4,175 323 1,045
South Bucks 60 2,005 378
South Cambridgeshire 3,477 173 816
South Derbyshire 2,492 33 718
South Hams 2,338 207 1,288
South Herefordshire 1,298 103 586
South Holland 2,678 11 563
South Kesteven 4,844 142 1,637
South Lakeland 2,498 64 1,363
South Norfolk 3,161 197 928
South Northants 1,911 40 450
South Oxfordshire 3,331 94 1,297
South Pembrokeshire 1,835 125 982
South Ribble 2,372 511 514
South Shropshire 1,122 134 554
South Somerset n/a n/a n/a
South Staffordshire 3,720 331 523
South Tyneside 16,860 1,325 2,542
South Wight 48 1,717 1,371
Southampton 11,797 1,690 6,762
Southend on sea 5,901 945 4,647
Southwark 26,969 3,033 3,598
Spelthorne 2,343 7 1,092
St. Albans 3,688 238 1,283

Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
St. Edmundsbury 3,629 168 986
St. Helens 12,507 2,002 1,240
Stafford 3,868 313 938
Staffs. Moorlands 2,031 141 477
Stevenage 6,174 288 936
Stewartry 1,084 67 225
Stirling 5,798 197 525
Stockport 9,702 1,944 2,645
Stockton on Tees 11,410 1,462 1,754
Stoke on Trent 16,299 905 3,708
Stratford-on-Avon 3,514 80 1,097
Strathkelvin 3,711 162 287
Stroud 3,947 21 1,442
Suffolk Coastal 23 2,480 1,843
Sunderland 27,591 2,703 3,620
Surrey Heath 1,703 83 531
Sutherland 794 63 61
Sutton 6,441 1,568 1,445
Swale 19 4,609 2,043
Swansea 11,682 1,074 4,162
Taff-Ely 4,969 264 1,078
Tameside 13,282 652 3,430
Tamworth 4,319 456 537
Tandridge 1,768 38 506
Taunton Deane 3,951 176 1,844
Teesdale 651 118 395
Teignbridge 2,644 126 2,302
Tendring 2,822 730 2,972
Test Valley 3,756 209 823
Tewkesbury 2,200 349 647
Thamesdown 7,405 701 2,427
Thanet 4,588 428 5,366
The Wrekin 9,500 787 1,472
Three Rivers 3,009 166 516
Thurrock 7,680 228 1,138
Tonbridge and Malling 25 3,728 1,010
Torbay 2,551 647 5,442
Torfaen 8,067 186 736
Torridge 1,303 128 1,387
Tower Hamlets 24,736 2,458 2,775
Trafford 7,437 1,390 2,712
Tunbridge Wells 45 3,206 1,353
Tweeddale 585 201 142
Tynedale 2,038 90 555
Uttlesford 2,049 26 631
Vale of Glamorgan 3,961 496 2,394
Vale of White Horse 2,896 64 1,045
Vale Royal 4,498 309 571
Wakefield 24,687 482 3,595
Walsall 21,471 1,653 1,792
Waltham Forest 12,188 1,211 6,378
Wandsworth 15,818 912 12,247
Wansbeck 5,227 267 834
Wansdyke 2,629 135 524
Warrington 7,803 0 3,646
Warwick 4,298 865 1,361
Watford 3,321 109 1,615
Waveney 3,812 239 3,807
Waverley 3,561 98 1,068
Wealden 2,492 210 1,351
Wear Valley 4,846 981 650
Wellingborough 3,405 37 1,126
Welwyn Hatfield 5,479 231 632
West Devon 1,023 160 951
West Dorset 3,054 171 1,136
West Lancashire 6,514 195 859
West Lindsey 2,722 125 1,002
West Lothian 8,372 536 497
West Norfolk 5,530 486 1,843
West Oxfordshire 2,459 137 1,124
West Somerset 1,295 142 805
West Wiltshire 3,654 55 1,729
Western Isles 1,406 54 183
Westminster 9,082 3,184 7,271
Weymouth and Portland 2,336 0 2,088
Wigan 20,183 1,097 2,122

Local authority Local authority tenants Housing associations Other private rented
Wigtown 2,441 144 486
Winchester 3,392 325 1,051
Windsor and Maidenhead 3,778 123 1,169
Wirral 16,281 3,018 7,827
Woking 2,601 301 741
Wokingham 2,060 200 725
Wolverhampton 23,703 1,612 2,708
Woodspring 5,351 359 3,239
Worcester 3,773 607 1,317
Worthing 1,916 155 2,952
Wrexham Maelor 8,694 425 938
Wychavon 3,826 81 750
Wycombe 4,943 204 1,329
Wyre 2,127 133 1,373
Wyre Forest 4,379 175 957
Ynys [...]Mon 3,893 380 1,203
York 5,803 495 2,023
N/a—No returns received from the authority.