HC Deb 13 December 1994 vol 251 c635W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the average housing benefit paid to private sector tenants in(a) Southampton (b) Portsmouth and (c) Hampshire; and, in each case, what is the total number of claimants.

Mr. Roger Evans

The information is set out in the table:

Private sector Housing Benefit recipients Private sector average weekly Housing Benefit £
Southampton 9,350 51.81
Portsmouth 8,530 50.29
Hampshire 40,510 49.92

Source:

Housing Benefit Management Information System 100 per cent. count taken at the end of August 1994.

Notes:

  1. (1) Figures are for benefit units which may be a single person or a couple;
  2. (2) The caseload and average for Hampshire include Southampton and Portsmouth;
  3. (3) Private sector includes housing associations.