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Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Friday, 20 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Housing Benefit

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit paid in (a) Islington, (b) Greater London and (c) England was for tenants of (i) council property, (ii) housing associations and (iii) the private sector in each of the last three years.

Answer

The information we have is for the average weekly Housing Benefit award, by tenure and various geographies, up to November 2014 and this is available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228631
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Housing benefit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk