§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State of Social Security if he will list for each of the past five years,(a) how many people claimed housing benefit, (b) how much was paid in housing benefit, (c) how many claimants have had their housing benefit reduced due to the presence of a non-dependent adult in the household,(d) by how much the total housing benefit bill has been reduced due to the provisions on non-dependent lodgers, (e) by how much the housing benefit bill would be reduced if all single householders with spare bedrooms were assumed to be providing lodgings to a second non-dependent adult. [14926]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe latest available information is set out in the table:
Thousands All housing benefit recipients Estimate of number of housing benefit cases with a non-dependant in the household May 1989 3,926 n/a May 1990 3,979 323 May 1991 4,021 333 May 1992 4,320 297 May 1993 4,521 311 Source:
Housing benefit management information system annual 1 per cent. sample inquiries taken at the end of May each year.
Total housing benefit expenditure £ million 1989–90 4,299 1990–91 5,100 1991–92 6,375 1992–93 7,793 1993–94 9,193 Source:
Departmental report 1995.
The amount by which the housing benefit bill is reduced due to the provisions on income from lodgers, part (d), cannot be calculated because information is not collected centrally.
Information on the size of accommodation, part (e), is not collected centrally.