To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total annual expenditure on income support to cover mortgage interest payments in each financial year between 1989–90 and 1994–95. [10710]
The information is set out in the table.
Total number of cases with mortgage interest included in the assessment | Total amount of estimated annual expenditure | |
£ million | ||
1989–90 | 281,000 | 353 |
1990–91 | 310,000 | 553 |
1991–92 | 411,000 | 949 |
1992–93 | 499,000 | 1,143 |
1993–94 | 529,000 | 1,145 |
1994–95 | 511,000 | 1,001 |
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and expenditure to the nearest million.
2. Caseload figures are for May each year, except for 1994–95 where February 1995 figures have been used.
3. Expenditure estimated for 1989–90 to 1992–93 is derived by multiplying the number of cases by the average weekly amount then multiplying by 52. Figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95 are based on an average of four quarters.
Source:
Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiries 1989–92.
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiries May 1993 to February 1995.