§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland are in receipt of housing benefit, broken down by local authority. [117098]
§ Malcolm WicksThe available information is in the table.
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Housing Benefit recipients in Scotland by local authority— November 2002 Local Authority Housing Benefit Recipients Aberdeen 15,180 Aberdeenshire 9,500 Angus 6,370 Argyll and Bute 6,020 Clackmannanshire 4,600 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 1,340 Dumfries and Galloway 10,330 Dundee 18,840 East Ayrshire 11,890
Housing Benefit recipients in Scotland by local authority— November 2002
Local Authority Housing Benefit Recipients East Dunbartonshire 3,960 East Lothian 5,930 East Renfrewshire 3,400 Edinburgh 32,110 Falkirk 12,730 Fife 27,330 Glasgow 98,590 Highland 13,330 Inverclyde 9,400 Midlothian 5,150 Moray 4,400 North Ayrshire 12,730 North Lanarkshire 33,480 Orkney 840 Perth and Kinross 7,290 Renfrewshire 16,830 Scottish Borders 6,950 Shetland 910 South Ayrshire 8,590 South Lanarkshire 27,500 Stirling 5,420 West Dunbartonshire 11,870 West Lothian 12,890 Total 446,000 Notes:
1. The data refer to households claiming Housing Benefit which may be a single person, a couple or a family. More than one benefit household can live in one property, for example two or more adults in a flat or house share arrangement.
2. Local authority figures are rounded to the nearest ten, the total for Scotland is rounded to the nearest thousand. Figures do not sum due to rounding.
3. The totals include estimates for local authorities that have not responded. These estimates are based on historical and regional data. This type of estimate is standard practice in reporting totals where there have been non-respondents.
4. Figures exclude any Extended Payment cases.
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly statistical inquiry, November 2002.