§ Mr. ColemanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many, and what percentage of properties, which are subject to Council Tax Benefit restrictions, are(a) owner-occupied and (b) rented in (i) London and (ii) England. [138633]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table.
Council Tax Benefit recipients subject to council tax band restrictions split by owner occupied and rented—May 1999 Owner occupied Rented Total restricted Number Percentage Number Percentage England 18,000 13,000 74 5,000 26 London 7,000 4,000 61 3,000 39 Notes:
I. The data refer to households, which may be a single person, a couple or a family.
2. The numbers of cases have been rounded to the nearest thousand and the percentage rounded to the nearest whole number.
3. The data relating to Owner Occupiers will include cases where the Local Authorities have been unable to identify the correct tenancy as it has not been reported, Council Tax Benefit is in payment and there is no Housing Benefit entitlement shown.
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 1999.