Housing Benefit (Easington)

HC Deb 18 January 1996 vol 269 c724W

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many council, private and housing association tenants in the area covered by Easington district council are in receipt of housing benefit.[9501]

Mr. Roger Evans

The information is set out in the table.

Number of housing benefit recipients for Easington district council: May 1995
	Total	Local authority tenants	Private tenants	Housing association tenants
Number of recipients	12,310	10,190	960	1,170

Source:

Housing Benefit Management Information System, quarterly case load count taken at the end of May 1995.

Notes:

1. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

2. The figures refer to the number of benefit units which may be a single person or a couple.

3. The total figure does not sum due to rounding.