§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) pursuant to his answer of 11 June2003,Official Report, columns 925–26W, on housing benefit, how much money was claimed in council tax benefit in Scotland in 2002–03, broken down by local authority; [120131]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2003, Official Report, columns 786–87W, on housing benefit, how much money was claimed in housing benefit in Scotland in 2002–03, broken down by local authority. [120133]
§ Mr. PondThe information is not available.
However, national estimates of housing benefit and council tax benefit expenditure during 2002–03, as well as details of expenditure by local authority in 2001–02 can be found in "Budget Report 2003: Benefit Expenditure Tables", a copy of which is in the Library.