Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 20 July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in housing benefit to residents in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London borough of Bexley in each of the last five years.
Information on housing benefit expenditure at parliamentary constituency level is not available.
The available information for the London borough of Bexley is in the following tables:
Bexley housing benefit expenditure since 2005-06 in £ millions, cash terms | |
£ million | |
2005-06 | 52.9 |
2006-07 | 56.9 |
2007-08 | 58.8 |
2008-09 | 62.9 |
2009-10 | 74.8 |
Bexley housing benefit expenditure since 2005-06 in £ millions, 2010-11 prices | |
£ million | |
2005-06 | 60.2 |
2006-07 | 62.9 |
2007-08 | 63.2 |
2008-09 | 66.0 |
2009-10 | 77.0 |
Notes: 1. Figures are presented to the nearest £0.1 million/£100,000. 2. Figures include all housing benefit, whether funded by central Government or by local authorities. 3. Figures for 2009-10 are provisional outturn. 4. Figures have been converted to 2010-11 prices using GDP deflators from HM Treasury which are consistent with the June 2010 Budget Report. 5. Figures are available on the DWP website at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/hbctb_exp.xls Source: Local authority subsidy returns. |
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