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Housing Benefit

Volume 498: debated on Tuesday 27 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households living in the private rented sector were claiming housing benefit in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London borough in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. (296185)

Such information as is available is in the following tables.

Number of households in private rented sector receiving housing benefit in England and each English region: May 2005

Number

England

692,440

North East

36,790

North West

112,130

Yorkshire and the Humber

63,730

East Midlands

43,700

West Midlands

59,130

East

59,180

London

132,060

South East

104,700

South West

81,020

Number of households in private rented sector receiving housing benefit in England and each English region: May 2009

Number

England

11,071,050

North East

55,380

North West

159,950

Yorkshire and the Humber

101,340

East Midlands

76,480

West Midlands

101,570

East

96,290

London

1200,140

South East

159,990

South West

119,910

Number of households in private rented sector receiving housing benefit in London boroughs: May 2005

Number

London

132,060

Barking and Dagenham

2,690

Barnet

7,640

Bexley

2,130

Brent

8,590

Bromley

2,880

Camden

3,880

City of London

80

Croydon

7,380

Ealing

5,860

Enfield

6,610

Greenwich

2,980

Hackney

4,490

Hammersmith and Fulham

2,920

Haringey

7,400

Harrow

4,570

Havering

2,200

Hillingdon

3,380

Hounslow

3,310

Islington

2,180

Kensington and Chelsea

2,600

Kingston Upon Thames

1,690

Lambeth

4,710

Lewisham

5,400

Merton

2,620

Newham

8,140

Redbridge

4,830

Richmond Upon Thames

1,800

Southwark

3,180

Sutton

2,060

Tower Hamlets

2,000

Waltham Forest

4,480

Wandsworth

3,590

Westminster

3,810

Number of households in private rented sector receiving housing benefit in London boroughs: May 2009

Number

London

1200,140

Barking and Dagenham

4,890

Barnet

2

Bexley

3,560

Brent

11,380

Bromley

4,340

Camden

4,120

City of London

110

Croydon

12,880

Ealing

8,690

Enfield

2

Greenwich

4,230

Hackney

7,190

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,720

Haringey

10,000

Harrow

7,000

Havering

3,410

Hillingdon

5,750

Hounslow

5,170

Islington

2,830

Kensington and Chelsea

3,350

Kingston Upon Thames

2,690

Lambeth

6,330

Lewisham

7,940

Merton

3,690

Newham

2

Redbridge

2

Richmond Upon Thames

2,390

Southwark

3,850

Sutton

3,400

Tower Hamlets

3,910

Waltham Forest

7,760

Wandsworth

6,000

Westminster

5,980

1 Estimates of the four missing London boroughs have been used to get these figures.

2 Denotes information not available until revised figures are released on 11 November 2009. Please visit

http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/Methodology_revision_webpage.pdf

for an understanding of improvements in methodology for housing benefit/council tax benefit caseload national statistics.

Notes:

1. The data refer 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. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

5. Housing benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases.

6. Private tenants exclude registered social landlords.

Source:

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent, taken in May 2005 and Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) taken in May 2009