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Housing Benefit

Volume 461: debated on Monday 11 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit in each region in each year since 1997. (140591)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people receiving (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit face benefit withdrawal rates of more than 40 per cent. against marginal income. (140592)

The available information is in the following table.

Numbers of people facing marginal deduction rates in excess of 40 per cent.

Number

Housing benefit but not council tax benefit

200,000

Council tax benefit but not housing benefit

100,000

Housing benefit and council tax benefit

200,000

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 100,000.

Source:

Family Resources Survey

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average duration of a housing benefit claim was in each year since 1997. (140593)

The information is not available. Data on durations of housing benefit claims are not collected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the claimant (a) on-flow rates and (b) off-flow rates for housing benefit (i) have been since 1997 and (ii) are estimated to be in the period up to 2019-2020. (140595)