§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will list the change in the expenditure on housing benefit accounted for by(a) growth in the number of claimants and (b) growth in the size of weekly benefit since 1992 on a United Kingdom basis and on the basis of each region and nation. [41476]
§ Mr. Keith Bradley[holding answer 12 May 1998]: The available information is set out in the table.