§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much was spent on exceptional hardship payments (housing benefit) in the years 1996–97, 1997–98 and 1998–99 in(a) the London Borough of Redbridge, (b) the London Borough of Newham, (c) the London Borough of Havering, (d) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (e) the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham; and in relation to exceptional hardship payments in the above years, what was the (i) amount of Government money provided to and (ii) permitted spending totals set for each of the above councils. [96653]
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§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Allocation and expenditure on exceptional hardship payments £ Amount of central government contribution Permitted total Total expenditure 1996–97 Barking and Dagenham 41,786 — 2,183 Havering 51,846 — 5,593 Newham 293,611 — 12,863 Redbridge 175,530 — 56,611 Waltham Forest 143,934 — 11,235 1997–98 Barking and Dagenham 51,935 — 2,776 Havering 52,813 1 17,712 Newham 306,062 — 32,040 Redbridge 177,223 — 125,258 Waltham Forest 179,371 — 33,345 1998–99 Barking and Dagenham 55,242 137,870 14,599 Havering 57,772 144,183 27,207 Newham 372,294 929,151 37,313 Redbridge 206,547 515,490 119,965 Waltham Forest 244,093 609,193 not available Notes:
1. The Permitted Totals for the years 1996–97 and 1997–98 were based on a percentage of each local authority's expenditure on rent allowance cases in year, and was not therefore a fixed amount. However, for 1998–99 the Permitted Total was a fixed amount based on 1995–96 expenditure on deregulated tenancies referred to the rent officer.
2. The expenditure figures quoted are based on information provided by the local authorities.
Source:
1996 to 1998–99 Housing Benefit Subsidy claim forms from Local Authorities and the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Circular S5/99, annex 1.