HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 cc318-9W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the variation between actual expenditure on Housing Benefit and expenditure projected in the FSR for(a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–2000 and (c) 2000–01 in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms. [160974]

Angela Eagle

The information is in the table.

Total Housing Benefit expenditure
£million
1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Outturn 11,068 11,177 1
Projected expenditure 11,221 11,247 11,257
Variance –153 –70 1
Variance (percentage)2 –1 –1 1
1Not yet available.
2Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Source:

Figures underlie those shown in the relevant Financial Statement and Budget Reports for total Social Security expenditure.