HC Deb 08 February 1994 vol 237 c217W
Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his current assessment of the number of people in receipt of direct assistance with their mortgage payments.

Mr. Burt

There are 562,000 cases with mortgage interest included in the assessment of benefit.

Source: Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry February 1993

Note: The number of claimants has been rounded to the nearest thousand.