Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households claimed housing benefit in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.

The available information for Housing Benefit claims in Great Britain is published 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/Getting-Started.html

Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.

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