Housing Benefit: Greater London
(asked on 16th July 2014) - View Source
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 to private sector landlords in London in each year since 2010.
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Housing Benefit expenditure in the private rented sector in Greater London | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
£ million, nominal | 2,496 | 2,686 | 2,631 |
£ million, 2014/15 prices | 2,686 | 2,826 | 2,738 |
Source: Local Authority statistical data and subsidy returns
Notes:
1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.
2. The last period for which a full year of expenditure is available is 2012/13. Figures for 2013/14 will be published later in the year.
3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Budget, and published at:
4. Expenditure data shown here for 2012/13 may differ slightly from published expenditure information due to more up to date local authority data received after the data had been published.
5. Prior to April 2011, a tenant in the private sector claiming Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) restrictions could receive up to £15 excess if their rent was below the applicable LHA rate for the given area and property size entitlement. This entitlement was removed from April 2011 for new claims to Housing Benefit. Existing HB claimants in receipt of the excess had this entitlement removed on the anniversary of their claim after April 2011. The expenditure figures shown above include payments relating to the £15 excess which would have been paid to claimants rather than landlords. We are unable to reliably isolate these amounts in the data.