§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether he has commissioned a final assessment of the pilot underoccupier incentive scheme in Croydon, Haringey and Newham; [156773]
(2) how many tenants who traded down in (a) Croydon, (b) Haringey and (c) Newham received a social security payment to reduce underoccupation as part of the pilot underoccupier incentive scheme. [156774]
§ Mr. PondThe pilot underoccupier incentive scheme was discontinued after the evaluation of the first full year in 2001. No further assessment of the scheme was commissioned.
The evaluation of the first full year of the scheme was published as "Evaluation of Department for Work and Pensions Underoccupier Incentive Scheme" In-House Report No. 99, April 2002. Figures for the number of tenants trading down were included in the report.