Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) unemployed people of working age, (d) social housing sector tenants and (e) private sector housing tenants were receiving housing benefit in (i) Peterborough constituency and (ii) Peterborough City Council area in each year since 2005.

The economic status of all housing benefit (HB) recipients is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The information requested is only available for HB recipients whose claim is not passported: that is, for those who do not receive either income support, Jobseeker’s Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit).

Detailed statistics on HB, by age, tenancy type, Parliamentary Constituency since January 2011 and for Local Authority since November 2008 can be found at:

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

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

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

Detailed HB statistics prior to November 2008 can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014