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Written question asked by Baroness Sherlock (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Freud (Conservative) on Monday, 24 September 2012.

Council Tax

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the proportionate increase in total financial outturn on council tax benefit (1) in cash terms, and (2) in real terms, in each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2010–11 inclusive.[HL1961]

Answer

The information you requested is in the table below:

Cash Terms
 2012-13 prices
1997-98
 3.5%
 0.9%
1998-99
 2.4%
 1.0%
1999-00
 2.4%
 0.3%
2000-01
 2.5%
 2.1%
2001-02
 4.3%
 2.4%
2002-03
 5.5%
 2.8%
2003-04
 13.7%
 11.4%
2004-05
 10.4%
 7.3%
2005-06
 6.1%
 4.0%
2006-07
 4.4%
 1.1%
2007-08
 2.2%
 -0.1%
2008-09
 5.2%
 2.1%
2009-10
 10.9%
 9.0%
2010-11
 4.8%
 2.1%

These figures are consistent with the latest published expenditure outturn available at: http://research.dwp. gov.uk-asd-asd4-budget_2012_200712.xls.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
739 c303WA; HL1961
Session
2012-13
Notes
Answer received between Monday 6 August and Monday 13 August 2012.
Subjects
Council tax benefits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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