Housing Benefit Ms Buck To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the expenditure by each London local authority on discretionary housing payments was in each of the last five years. Mr. Plaskitt The information is in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Local authority |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking |10|19|58|40|114| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet |165|195|179|226|215| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |37|31|50|48|68| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brent |143|143|234|206|253| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bromley |5|36|63|81|71| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |170|147|122|138|141| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London |0|0|0|1|3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon |111|154|157|160|171| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ealing |210|185|204|259|243| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |45|127|129|170|154| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |185|185|378|373|323| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hackney |41|36|120|79|134| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith |99|117|110|117|132| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haringey |63|120|198|219|333| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrow |59|67|104|83|102| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Havering |63|43|43|51|53| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hillingdon |93|110|122|112|97| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hounslow |72|78|46|40|77| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Islington |28|22|57|78|104| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kensington and Chelsea |63|81|213|121|163| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston-upon-Thames |25|38|51|51|48| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |69|124|125|146|132| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |114|137|138|144|98| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merton |56|78|109|108|76| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newham |113|113|0|175|238| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redbridge |143|122|83|68|88| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Richmond-upon-Thames |92|90|92|106|102| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |122|120|133|111|110| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sutton |34|39|70|56|48| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tower Hamlets |111|113|142|157|93| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |109|86|141|89|179| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |88|75|87|47|77| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Westminster |160|154|172|176|186| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London total |2,900|3,200|3,900|4,000|4,400| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:1. Amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand2. The total is rounded to the nearest 100 thousand3. The latest available audited expenditure information for discretionary housing payments is for the financial year 2006-07.| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms Buck To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which local authorities in London did not spend the whole of their discretionary housing payments budget in 2006-07. Mr. Plaskitt The London local authorities that did not spend the whole of their discretionary housing payment allocation for 2006-07 are: Camden Harrow Havering Hillingdon Kensington and Chelsea Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Red bridge Richmond-upon-Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Westminster Ms Buck To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households received discretionary housing payments in each London local authority area in 2005-06. Mr. Plaskitt The information is not available.