§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people by standard English region, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are currently in 437W receipt of housing benefit as a consequence of being in receipt of income support.
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information for Great Britain is set out in the table. I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for figures covering Northern Ireland.
Standard statistical region Housing benefit recipients with income support as at August 1994 North (including Cumbria) 200,100 Yorkshire and Humberside 275,500 East Midlands 178,300 East Anglia 83,700 South East 394,300 London 544,000 South West 198,800 West Midlands 280,300 North West 396,100 Wales 154,000 Scotland 337,800 Great Britain 3,042,900 Source:
The housing benefit management information system quarterly caseload count at the end of August 1994.