Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) pensioner households and (b) disabled people are in receipt of local housing allowance in (i) the UK, (ii) each region and (iii) each local authority.

The information requested in respect of Housing Benefit (HB) claimants is published and can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance on how to extract the information can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:

http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm

Information on those households containing someone registered as disabled is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.