§ Lord Campbell-Savoursasked Her Majesty's Government:
What has been the cost of housing benefit paid to tenants of (a) housing associations; (b) local authorities; and (c) private landlords in each of the last three years in the Allerdale Borough Council area of Cumbria. [HL391]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)The information is in the table.
Estimate of housing benefit expenditure of Allerdule Borough Council Rent allowance paid to tenants of housing associations £millions Rent allowance paid to tenants of private landlords £millions Total housing benefit expenditure £millions 2000–01 12.2 3.3 15.5 2001–02 12.8 3.2 16.0 2002–03 13.1 3.1 16.2 Source
Subsidy returns from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Notes
1. Expenditure is in £ million shown to the nearest £0.1 million.
2. Allerdale recorded rent rebate (housing benefit (HB) paid to local authority (LA) tenants) expenditure of £6,396 in 2000–01, £2,538 in 2001–02, and an estimated rent rebate expenditure of £2,586 in 2002–03.
3. Total rent allowance expenditure (HB paid to non-LA tenants) information for 2002–03 is taken from "initial final" audited subsidy returns provided to ODPM by the local authority. This total is subject to revision in the "final" audited subsidy return.
37WA4. A split in rent allowance expenditure by tenancy type is not provided on the subsidy returns from the local authority. However, the split of expenditure on tenants of registered social landlords (housing associations) and private landlords has been estimated using quarterly administrative data, which provide average award and caseload information by tenancy type.