HC Deb 06 December 1994 vol 251 cc189-90W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the savings from raising the housing benefit taper from 65 per cent. to (a) 70 per cent. (b) 75 per cent. and (c) 80 per cent.

Mr. Roger Evans

The information requested is in the table:

Housing benefit taper Per cent. Estimated savings £ millions
70 185
75 345
80 485

Source:

Estimates based on the 1990–91–92 Family Expenditure Surveys, uprated to 1994–95 benefit levels and prices. Savings rounded to the nearest £5 million.