(2) how much has been spent on housing benefit for (a) private tenants and (b) social tenants in each year since 1997.
The information is in the following table.
£ million Percentage Social tenants Private tenants Social tenants Private tenants 1997-98 7,740 3,437 69 31 1998-99 7,885 3,180 71 29 1999-2000 8,098 2,966 73 27 2000-01 8,311 2,851 74 26 2001-02 8,768 2,827 76 24 2002-03 9,615 3,040 76 24 2003-04 9,326 3,028 75 25 2004-05 9,813 3,361 74 26 2005-06 10,222 3,723 73 27 2006-07 10,716 4,143 72 28 2007-08 11,239 4,513 71 29 Notes: 1. Expenditure figures are in millions of pounds, in cash terms. 2. Figures include all housing benefit expenditure, whether funded by DWP and its predecessors, or by local authorities. 3. Figures include expenditure on discretionary housing payments. Source: Local authority subsidy returns and housing benefit administrative data.