§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average payment per recipient per week of housing benefit for each year since 1985, and his projected figure for 1994–95 for private sector, housing association and local authority tenancies.
Average amounts (£/week) of housing benefit1 in Great Britain Certificated/with income support 2Standard/no income support All housing benefit Year Local authority tenants Private tenants 3Housing association tenants Local authority tenants Private tenants Housing association tenants Local authority tenants Private tenants Housing association tenants 1985 14.60 17.20 — — — — — — — 1986 15.60 19.50 — — — — — — — 1987 16.50 20.90 — — — — — — — 1988 18.16 21.88 — 12.33 14.47 — 15.85 18.78 — 1989 19.75 25.14 — 14.00 15.42 — 17.36 21.06 — 1990 22.60 30.88 — 15.95 18.72 — 19.80 25.45 — 1991 26.16 37.20 — 18.37 24.98 — 22.76 32.57 — 1992 29.88 46.18 35.35 21.73 30.92 25.81 26.45 40.69 32.24 Sources:
1985 to 1987 supplementary benefit quarterly statistical inquiry dated November/December.
1988 to 1992 housing benefit management information system annual 1 per cent. sample dated May.
1 For all years housing benefit has been defined as rent rebate and rent allowance.
2 Information for standard/cases with no income support is not available prior to 1988.
3 Separate figures for housing association tenancies is not available prior to 1992; until then the information is included with that of private tenancies.
Notes:
1. The average amounts are per benefit unit not per individual. A benefit unit may be a single person or a couple.
2. Projected figures for 1994–95 are not available.