Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 13 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many housing benefit claimants under the age of 25 living in (a) the social rented sector and (b) the private rented sector of each passported benefit status are (i) single and without children, (ii) single with children, (iii) in a couple and without children and (iv) in a couple with children.
The requested information is in the following table:
Housing benefit recipients, passported, aged under 25 years, by tenure type, family type and passported benefit type, May 2012 | |||||
In receipt of | |||||
Tenure type | Family type | All passported | IS | IB-JSA | IB-ESA |
Social rented sector | All family types | 162,200 | 92,210 | 52,030 | 17,950 |
Single without children | 77,750 | 21,850 | 41,150 | 14,750 | |
Single with children | 70,010 | 67,220 | 1,660 | 1,130 | |
Couple without children | 4,640 | 1,190 | 2,570 | 880 | |
Couple with children | 9,800 | 1,950 | 6,660 | 1,190 | |
Private rented sector | All family types | 127,910 | 70,900 | 45,570 | 11,440 |
Single without children | 51,510 | 7,740 | 35,020 | 8,750 |
Single with children | 62,960 | 60,730 | 1,420 | 810 | |
Couple without children | 5,340 | 920 | 3,490 | 930 | |
Couple with children | 8,090 | 1,510 | 5,630 | 960 | |
Notes: 1. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Recipients are as at second Thursday of the month. 4. SHBE is a monthly electronic scan of claimant level data direct from local authority computer systems. It replaces quarterly aggregate clerical returns. The data is available monthly from November 2008 and May 2012 is the most recent available. 5. Passported status does not include recipients with unknown passported status. 6. Age groups are based on the age on the count date (second Thursday in the month), of either: (a) the recipient if they are single, or (b) the elder of the recipient or partner if claiming as a couple. Source: Single housing benefit extract (SHBE) |
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No1 person thinks not
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