§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average weekly level of housing benefit paid to individuals to subsidise private sector rents during the period 1982–83 to 1992–93, inclusive.
§ Mr. BurtThe available information is in the table:
Average amount—£/week—of housing benefit for private sector rents in Great Britain. Year2 Amount of Housing Benefit (Income Support cases) Amount of Housing Benefit (Non-Income Support cases) All Cases 1983 12.70 1— 1— 1984 15.00 1— 1— 1985 17.20 1— 1— 1986 19.50 1— 1— 1987 20.90 1— 1— 1988 21.88 14.47 18.78 1989 25.14 15.42 21.06 1990 30.88 18.72 25.45 1991 37.20 24.98 32.57 1992 43.20 29.66 38.45 Notes
1 Information for housing benefit without income support cases before 1988 is not available.
2 Figures for 1983 to 1987 inclusive are from samples taken in November or December of each year and from 1988 to 1992 from samples taken in May of each year.