Communities and Local Government written question – answered am ar 30 Ebrill 2009.
Grant Shapps
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning), Co-Chair, Conservative Party
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of tenants of (a) registered social landlords and (b) local authorities were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last three years.
Iain Wright
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
Estimates of the percentages of registered social landlord tenants and local authority tenants in receipt of housing benefit in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 are provided in the following table. These estimates are based on data from the Survey of English Housing.
| Social sector households in receipt of housing benefit, England, 2004-05 to 2006-07 | |||
| Percentage | |||
| Tenure | |||
| Local authority | Registered social landlord( 1) | All social renters | |
| 2004-05 | 62 | 61 | 61 |
| 2005-06 | 62 | 60 | 61 |
| 2006-07 | 63 | 63 | 63 |
| (1) Sometimes referred to as housing associations. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing | |||
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