HC Deb 13 May 1999 vol 331 c199W
Mr. Bendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of housing benefit claimants are unemployed. [84048]

Angela Eagle

About 12 per cent. of Housing Benefit recipients are unemployed and claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.

Notes:

  1. 1. Data used to calculate the answer is provisional.
  2. 2. The data refers to benefit units and has been rounded to the nearest whole percent.
  3. 3. The data is for those Housing Benefit claimants who are unemployed and claim Jobseeker's Allowance.

Source:

Housing Benefit Management Information System Annual 1 per cent. sample taken May 1998.

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