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Written Question
Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
Monday 5th August 2019

Asked by: Baroness McDonagh (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been paid in housing benefit to those in private rented accommodation in each year since 2004.

Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott

The information you have requested can be found in the following table:

Housing Benefit Expenditure

Private Rented Sector tenants (£ million, nominal terms)

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

3,354

3,716

4,276

4,698

5,624

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

7,572

8,672

9,216

9,272

9,275

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

9,098

8,783

8,291

7,709