Housing Benefit (Scotland)

HC Deb 24 July 1998 vol 316 cc726-7W

Ms Roseanna Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the amount of housing benefit expenditure in Scotland for 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98, broken down into(a) the private rented sector, (b) housing association sector and (c) the public sector. [47976]

Mr. Keith Bradley

[pursuant to his reply, 7 July 1998, c. 445]: The information available is set out in the table.

Scottish Housing Benefit expenditure
£ million
	1995–96	1996–97
Private rented sector	197	199
Housing association sector	78	101
Public sector (council and new town tenants)	628	661
All housing benefit	903	961

Note:

Expenditure rounded to the nearest million

Sources:

1.1998–99 Social Security departmental report

2. Housing Benefit management information system (HBMIS) 1 per cent. samples