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Written Question
Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
Thursday 8th September 2016

Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit has been paid (a) to tenants in private-rented sector accommodation and (b) directly to private landlords in each year since 2011.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The available information is in the table below.

Housing Benefit paid for private rented sector accommodation split by payment destination (£millions, real terms 2016/2017 prices)

Financial Year

(a) Paid to Tenants

(b) Paid directly to Landlords

Total

2013/2014

6,630

2,970

9,600

2014/2015

6,390

2,870

9,260

2015/2016

6,220

2,770

8,990

Source: DWP Stat-x-plore and Benefit Expenditure tables

Notes:

  1. Payment destination was unknown in around 1% of cases. This expenditure was assumed to be split between landlords and their tenants in the same proportion as the rest.
  2. Payment destination statistics for financial years before 2013/2014 are not available.
  3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10m and may not sum to totals due to rounding.
  4. Expenditure for 2015/16 is based on statistical data for the full year but the financial total is a forecast.
Written Question
Jobcentres: Oldham
Tuesday 12th July 2016

Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) close or (b) change the functions of the Jobcentre Plus facility in Oldham town centre.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department is in the process of reviewing all of its estates requirements as the current contract for most of the estate comes to an end on 31 March 2018. No decision has been made on the future of Oldham Jobcentre Plus by the Department.

Commercial negotiations are underway on the entirety of our estate at this time and it is not appropriate to comment further on individual sites while negotiations are in progress.

Written Question
Jobcentres: Oldham
Tuesday 26th April 2016

Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to reduce staffing levels in the Jobcentre Plus facility in Oldham in the next five years.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

DWP currently employs 87 people in the Jobcentre Plus office in Tweedale House Oldham (as of 31 March 2016). There are no specific plans to reduce staffing levels in the Oldham Jobcentre Plus office.