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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many council tax benefit claimants live in properties in Band F and above where council tax benefit is not restricted, broken down by (a) Government Office region, (b) type of tenure and (c) claimants who are (i) pensioners and (ii) non-pensioners. [119473] Maria Eagle: The available information is in the tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of recipients Council tax benefit recipients in property bands F, G and H where council tax benefit is not restricted--by Government Office Region--May 2001 North East 11,000 North West 11,000 Yorks and the Humber 2-- East Midlands 2-- West Midlands 11,000 East 11,000 London 7,000 South East 3,000 South West 11,000 Wales 11,000 Scotland 12,000 Total 19,000 Council tax benefit recipients in property bands F, G and H where council tax benefit is not restricted--by tenure--May 2001 LA tenant 11,000 Private regulated (excluding RSL) 1 1,000 Private deregulated (excluding RSL) 1 1,000 RSL tenants 1 1,000 Owner-occupier 7,000 Tenure unknown 9,000 Total 19,000 Council tax benefit recipients aged 60 and over3 and under 604 in property bands F, G and H where council tax benefit is not restricted--May 2001 Age 60 and over 13,000 Under 60 6,000 Total 19,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures under 2,500 are subject to a high degree of sampling variation and should be used only as a guide to the situation. 2 Data is negligible. 3 60 and over refers to cases where the benefit recipient and/or their partner is aged 60 and over. 4 Under 60 refers to cases where the benefit recipient and their partner are aged under 60. Notes: 1. The figures are based on a 1 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 2. The data refer to households claiming housing benefit which may be a single person, a couple or a family. More than one benefit household can live in one property, for example two or more adults in a flat or house-share arrangement. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. 4. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 5. Figures for any non-responding authorities have been estimated. 6. Figures exclude any Second Adult Rebate cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 2001.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

119473; 407 c409W;407 c411W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Council tax benefits Council tax Economic regions Pensioners Recipients Tenure Tax rates and bands

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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