Estimates of the numbers eligible for council tax benefit are not available below the level of Great Britain. It is, therefore, not possible to provide estimates of the numbers entitled in London, the London borough of Hillingdon, and the constituency of Uxbridge.
The available information on recipients of council tax benefit for London and the London borough of Hillingdon is in the following table. Information is not available broken down by parliamentary constituency.
London Hillingdon 1997 759,720 17,660 1998 728,260 17,520 1999 692,540 17,350 2000 628,650 16,980 2001 607,160 16,360 2002 615,320 16,090 2003 633,530 15,810 2004 672,070 17,360 2005 708,440 17,890 2006 717,610 18,140 2007 724,440 18,200 Notes: 1. Recipients refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Figures for any non-responding authorities have been estimated. 4. Council tax benefit totals exclude any second adult rebate cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in May 1997 to May 2007