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Local Housing Allowance

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants were in receipt of local housing allowance in excess of (a) £385 per week and (b) £965 per week in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. (308321)

On average in 2009, 50 people were in receipt of weekly local housing allowance in excess of £965 and 3,290 people were in receipt of weekly local housing allowance in excess of £385.

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Figures were derived by taking the monthly average in 2009 from January to September.

Source:

Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE): January 2009 to September 2009