§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many tenants of regulated tenancies are not in receipt of housing benefit. [151877]
§ Angela EagleThe information available is as follows.
It is estimated from the survey of English housing data for 1999–2000 and other sources that there are some 80,000 regulated tenancies in Great Britain where housing benefit is not received.
Notes:1. Rounded to nearest five thousand.2. Information from the Family Resources Survey 1998–99 is used to estimate the ratio of regulated tenancies in Scotland and Wales to those in England. It is assumed that regulated tenancies are those commencing prior to 1998–99.3. The Survey of English Housing data for 1998–99 is used to estimate proportions in receipt of HB, results for 1999–2000, the latest available, are used to estimate the number of regulated tenancies in England.4. The above estimates are based on survey information rather than administrative data with regard to benefit receipt. This follows published information for England in the "Housing in England" publication.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what research he has(a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the income distribution of regulated new tenants. [151878]
§ Angela EagleWe have not undertaken or commissioned any research on the income distribution of regulated tenants.
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions published a range of information on the economic status of regulated tenants in the publication "Housing in England 1998–99", which is available in the Library.