Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Wales were in receipt of support for mortgage interest in each year since 2010.
The table below gives the Department’s estimates of the caseload in Wales of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) split by financial year.
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Caseload, thousands | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Table 1: Estimated SMI caseload in Wales by calendar year
Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000 cases.