Housing Benefit (Hansard, 28 March 1994)

§ Mr. Hinchliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount allocated for housing benefit reimbursement in 1993.

§ Mr. Hague
The total amount of housing benefit subsidy paid to local authorities in Great Britain for the 1992–93 financial year was £6,613 million; the estimated expenditure for 1993–94 is £7,861 million.
Source
The Social Security Departmental Report: March 1994

§ Mr. Hinchliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of(a) housing association tenancies, (b) council tenancies and (c) private tenancies received housing benefit in the last year for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Hague
The proportion of housing association, council and other privately rented tenancies in receipt of housing benefit in 1992–93 were 46 per cent., 62 per cent. and 45 per cent. respectively.
Data sources:
1. The housing benefit management information system quarterly caseload counts for 1992–93.
2. Housing and construction statistics dated December 1992, the latest date for which information is available.
Notes:
1. The quarterly caseload information includes estimates for non-responding authorities.
2. The housing and construction statistics are estimates based on the 1991 census and information from local authorities; the number of dwellings includes unoccupied dwellings.