To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 21 May (WA 361), whether the appropriate proportion of the £3.72 billion paid in 2005–06 and £4.14 billion paid in 2006–07 as housing benefit in relation to private tenancies in Great Britain is estimated to have been recouped as income tax from private landlords; and what was that amount. [HL4044]

Estimates of the amount of income tax paid by private landlords on income derived from housing benefit paid in relation to private tenancies are not available.