To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average eligible rent for housing benefit and the average housing benefit awarded to single people under 25 years under (a) previous scheme rules, (b) the local reference rent and (c) the single room rent, for the quarters ending February 1997 and May 1997. [17409]
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the tables.
| Estimated eligible rent for single people aged under 25 claiming housing benefit for accommodation in the private sector (excluding Housing Associations)—Great Britain—provisional | |
| February 1997 £ | |
| Assessed under previous scheme rules | 55.60 |
| Assessed under local reference rent scheme | 49.10 |
| Assessed under single room rent scheme | 43.00 |
Note:
Comparable figures for May 1997 are not yet available.
Source: Return from a representative sample of local authorities.
Eligible rent and housing for single people aged under 25 claiming housing benefit for accommodation in the private sector (excluding Housing Associations) and assessed under single room rent scheme —Great Britain
| |
May 1997 £
| |
| Eligible rent | 40.30 |
| Average housing benefit | 37.80 |
Notes:
1. Comparable figures for February 1997 are not available
2. Average housing benefit figure for single people under 25 and assessed under other schemes are not routinely collected.
Source: Quartely 100 per cent. counts