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Mr. Pike
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the borough of Burnley were receiving housing benefit on the last date for which figures are available.
Mr. Whitney
The information is not available in the precise form requested. Burnley borough council's subsidy claims for 1985–86 estimate that the average number of recipients of rent rebates, rent allowances and rate rebates will be:
| Average number | |
| Rent rebates | 5,700 |
| Rent allowances | 1,550 |
| Rate rebates | 13,250 |