Housing Benefit

Part of Opposition Day — [Un-allotted day] – in the House of Commons at 2:05 pm on 26 February 2014.

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Photo of Peter Lilley Peter Lilley Conservative, Hitchin and Harpenden 2:05, 26 February 2014

The policy is about making better use of a housing stock that is in very short supply.

My friend pointed out that hundreds of thousands of people are registered: last year, about 40,000 swaps were arranged; this year, the number arranged on the site has increased by 23%. I went to my local authority to find out its figures. Some 500 or more people registered as council tenants in St Albans are seeking to move, of whom 260 are seeking larger properties, while only 62 are seeking to downsize. I therefore ask Opposition Members to go to their local authorities and find out the actual figures.