§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the range of rents paid by those receiving housing benefit in each local authority area.
§ Mr. BurtThe latest available information is in the table.
Eligible rent (£/week)1 Region3 2Minimum 2Maximum South East (excluding London) 3.50 165.53 London 2.50 431.22 North (including Cumbria) 3.00 173.87 Wales 1.00 100.00 Scotland 2.00 250.87 Yorkshire and Humberside 0.78 214.17 East Midlands 3.25 271.20 East Anglia 3.32 187.62 South West 0.75 130.52 West Midlands 1.29 168.70 North West (excluding Cumbria) 3.00 325.00 National 0.75 431.22 Data Source:
The Housing Benefit annual one per cent. sample of May 1992.
Note:
As the figures are from a sample, which has also excluded cases where the assessed amount of housing benefit is less than 50 pence per week, there could be cases with rents higher or lower than those selected in the sample.
1Data on rent paid is not available, therefore, the information relates to the amount of rent eligible for housing benefit.
2Range has been defined as the lowest and highest amount of rent eligible for housing benefit.
3The data relates to regions because reliable information cannot be given for individual local authorities from a 1 per cent. sample.
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