§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland are in receipt of council tax benefit, broken down by local authority. [118463]
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§ Malcolm WicksThe available information is in the table.
Council Tax Benefit recipients in Scotland by local authority— November 2002 Local Authority Council Tax Benefit Recipients Aberdeen 16,580 Aberdeenshire 11,600 Angus 7,540 Argyll and Bute 7,780 Clackmannanshire 5,310 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2,970 Dumfries and Galloway 12,400 Dundee 21,090 East Ayrshire 13,640 East Dunbartonshire 5,720 East Lothian 7,190 East Renfrewshire 4,790 Edinburgh 38,510 Falkirk 14,290 Fife 32,670 Glasgow 108,370 Highland 16,950 Inverclyde 10,900 Midlothian 6,440 Moray 5,500 North Ayrshire 15,090 North Lanarkshire 39,940 Orkney 1,240 Perth and Kinross 8,490 Renfrewshire 19,410 Scottish Borders 8,240 Shetland 1,120 South Ayrshire 10,500 South Lanarkshire 36,040 Stirling 6,490 West Dunbartonshire 14,150 West Lothian 14,730 Total 526,000 Notes:
1. The data refer to households claiming Council Tax 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 10; 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 Second Adult Rebate cases.
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly statistical enquiry, November 2002.