Local Housing Allowance: Wales
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much local housing allowance was paid in (a) Wales, (b) Neath Port Talbot and (c) Aberavon in each of the the last five years.
Local Housing Allowance expenditure data for Housing Benefit is available by Region and Local Authority, but not at Parliamentary Constituency level. 2021/22 is the latest year where Local Housing Allowance expenditure information is available. The table below shows how much local housing allowance was paid in (a) Wales and (b) Neath Port Talbot in each of the last five years.
Housing Benefit Local Housing Allowance Expenditure |
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£ million, cash | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Wales | 260.3 | 223.8 | 173.2 | 150.1 | 127.3 |
Neath Port Talbot | 14.4 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.5 |