HC Deb 04 March 1993 vol 220 cc265-6W
Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants of housing benefit within the London borough of Lewisham have lived in(a) council housing, (b) other public sector housing and (c) private rented accommodation in each year since 1987.

Investment income and occupational pensions for pensioners 1979 and 1989
Source of income
Investment income Occupational pension income
Percentage of units with investment income Average amount for those in receipt (£ per week, 1989 prices) Percentage of units with occupational pension income Average amount for those in receipt (£ per week, 1989 prices)
1979 1989 1979 1989 Per cent, growth 1979–89 1979 1989 1979 1989 Per cent, growth 1979–89
All ages
Pensioner couples 71 87 20.30 38.80 91 65 73 43.80 62.70 43
Single pensioners 57 69 13.60 24.90 83 32 47 29.00 41.60 44
All pensioner units 62 75 16.30 30.70 89 43 56 36.80 52.10 41
Recently retired pensioner units
Pensioner couples 73 87 21.60 41.50 92 68 75 51.50 65.60 27
Single pensioners 60 64 12.60 31.50 150 37 55 31.20 41.40 33
All pensioner units 68 78 18.20 38.10 109 55 67 45.90 58.00 27

Notes:

  1. 1. Estimates of the percentage of pensioner units in receipt of occupational pension income are based upon data from the Family Expenditure Survey (1979 and 1989) and the GAD Survey of occupational pension schemes (1979 and 1987). They assume that the number of individual pensioners in receipt has remained at its 1987 level.
  2. 2. Estimates of percentage growth are based on unrounded income figures and may not therefore be the same as those calculated from the

Mr. Burt

Such information as is available is in the table. Information on tenants in other public sector housing is not available.

Quarter Local authority tenants Private tenants
1989
May 20,164 8,666
August 20,469 8,895
November * *
1990
February 20,092 10,385
May 20,040 10,468
August 20,071 11,109
November 20,055 11,345
1991
February 20,568 11,906
May 20,241 12,738
August 20,453 15,837
November * *
1992
February 20,099 9,009
May 20,543 11,976
August 20,326 11,979

Source: Housing Benefit Management Information System.

Notes:

Figures are only available for the new Housing Benefit scheme which was introduced in April 1988. Lewisham did not start submitting figures to the Department until May 1989 and have also failed to submit returns for quarters marked with an asterisk.

Although authorities have been asked to identify Housing Association tenants separately since May 1992, returns from Lewisham do not show this information.