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Mr. Hall
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the amount of housing benefit paid (a) to council house tenants, (b) to housing association tenants, (c) to private rented tenants and (d) in total in (i) the Runcorn area of the Warrington, South constituency and (ii) the whole of the constituency in each year since 1986.
Mr. Burt
Information on expenditure on housing benefit is collected on a local authority basis. Information is available neither for the Runcorn area of the Warrington, South constituency nor for the Warrington, South constituency as a whole.The available information for the borough councils of Warrington and Halton, which form part of the Warrington, South constituency, is in the table.
| Housing benefit expenditure (£ thousands)1 | ||||
| Year | Rent rebate2 | Rent allowance3 | Rate rebate4 | Total |
| Local Authority | ||||
| Halton | ||||
| 1986–87 | 4,040 | 1,043 | 4,640 | 9,723 |
| 1987–88 | 4,401 | 1,137 | 5,115 | 10,653 |
| 1988–89 | 4,541 | 1,232 | 4,167 | 9,940 |
| 1989–90 | 4,563 | 3,168 | 4,155 | 11,886 |
| 1990–91 | 5,037 | 6,920 | — | 11,957 |
| 1991–92 | 6,254 | 8,285 | — | 14,539 |
| Warrington | ||||
| 1986–87 | 5,362 | 1,184 | 4,472 | 11,018 |
| 1987–88 | 5,508 | 1,264 | 4,894 | 11,666 |
| 1988–89 | 5,670 | 1,329 | 4,199 | 11,198 |
| 1989–90 | 5,749 | 1,597 | 4,382 | 11,728 |
| 1990–91 | 6,334 | 2,104 | — | 8,438 |
| 1991–92 | 6,720 | 2,960 | — | 9,680 |
| 1 The expenditure figures are from information supplied by local authorities and represent the authorities' claims for benefit paid and not subsidy received. | ||||
| 2 Rent rebates are awarded to tenants in the council sector. | ||||
| 3 Rent allowances are paid to tenants in the private sector and include those paid to tenants of Housing Associations: separate information in respect of Housing Associations is not available. | ||||
| 4 From 1986–87 to 1989–90 inclusive, Housing Benefit included rate rebates. As rate rebates were paid to qualifying council and private tenants, in addition to owner occupiers, total rate rebate expenditure has been included in the table. It is not possible to separate out that part of the rate rebate expenditure which was received by tenants. | ||||