§ Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the amount of housing benefit paid(a) to council house tenants, (b) to housing association tenants, (c) to private rented tenants and (d) in total in (i) 140W the Runcorn area of the Warrington, South constituency and (ii) the whole of the constituency in each year since 1986.
§ Mr. BurtInformation on expenditure on housing benefit is collected on a local authority basis. Information is available neither for the Runcorn area of the Warrington, South constituency nor for the Warrington, South constituency as a whole.
The available information for the borough councils of Warrington and Halton, which form part of the Warrington, South constituency, is in the table.
Housing benefit expenditure (£ thousands)1 Year Rent rebate2 Rent allowance3 Rate rebate4 Total Local Authority Halton 1986–87 4,040 1,043 4,640 9,723 1987–88 4,401 1,137 5,115 10,653 1988–89 4,541 1,232 4,167 9,940 1989–90 4,563 3,168 4,155 11,886 1990–91 5,037 6,920 — 11,957 1991–92 6,254 8,285 — 14,539 Warrington 1986–87 5,362 1,184 4,472 11,018 1987–88 5,508 1,264 4,894 11,666 1988–89 5,670 1,329 4,199 11,198 1989–90 5,749 1,597 4,382 11,728 1990–91 6,334 2,104 — 8,438 1991–92 6,720 2,960 — 9,680 1 The expenditure figures are from information supplied by local authorities and represent the authorities' claims for benefit paid and not subsidy received. 2 Rent rebates are awarded to tenants in the council sector. 3 Rent allowances are paid to tenants in the private sector and include those paid to tenants of Housing Associations: separate information in respect of Housing Associations is not available. 4 From 1986–87 to 1989–90 inclusive, Housing Benefit included rate rebates. As rate rebates were paid to qualifying council and private tenants, in addition to owner occupiers, total rate rebate expenditure has been included in the table. It is not possible to separate out that part of the rate rebate expenditure which was received by tenants.