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Written Question
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
Wednesday 30th November 2016

Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Greater Manchester have been classified as under occupying their homes in each year since 2012.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The figures requested are in the table below:

Households classified as under-occupying: Greater Manchester, 2013-2016

Thousands

Aug-2013

35.4

Aug-2014

31.1

Aug-2015

27.9

Aug-2016

25.0

Notes:

  1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
  2. Figures are numbers of households receiving Housing Benefit with a spare room subsidy deduction. This policy only affects working age households in the social rented sector.
  3. Figures have not been provided for August 2012 as the social rented sector spare room subsidy policy did not exist until April 2013.
  4. A small number of households now receive their housing support through Universal Credit. The table covers Housing Benefit only as equivalent Universal Credit data are not yet available.
Written Question
Jobseeker's Allowance: Greater Manchester
Wednesday 30th November 2016

Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants in Greater Manchester have had their benefits suspended in each year since 2012.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Means-tested Benefits: Greater Manchester
Wednesday 30th November 2016

Asked by: Andy Burnham (Labour - Leigh)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments have been issued by his Department to people living in Greater Manchester in each year since 2012.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.