§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many recipients of housing benefit, were aged under 25 years, by region, in the latest available year. [6535]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe figures are set out in the table.
Housing benefit recipients by region May 1994 000s Region Claimant aged less than 25 years Total all cases North 30 318 Yorks and Humberside 44 429 East Midlands 32 281 East Anglia 14 136 Greater London 75 754 Rest of South East 68 638 South West 36 311 West Midland 40 420 North West 61 579 Wales 26 233 Scotland 41 549 Great Britain 467 4,650 Although the figures are for 1994 analysis of the trends indicates that the claims figures for the current year will be at a similar level.