Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 26 November 2015.

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Photo of Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people currently in receipt of housing benefit in the private rented sector are also in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) disability living allowance, (e) personal independence payment, (f) the state pension and (g) pension credit.

Photo of Justin Tomlinson Justin Tomlinson Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)

The information required for those in the private sector receiving Housing Benefit and (c) Income Support and (g) Pension Credit is available and published 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/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html

Information on those receiving Housing Benefit and receiving the other benefits: (a) Jobseeker’s Allowance, (b) Employment and Support Allowance, (d) Disability Living Allowance, (e) Personal Independence Payment and (f) State Pension, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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