Housing Benefit
(asked on 4th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
The information is in the table below. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.
Table: Housing Benefit spending between 2008/09 and 2012/13 | |||||
£ million, nominal | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
Bury St Edmunds constituency | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23.5 | 25.5 |
Suffolk | 145.5 | 169.1 | 183.3 | 192.9 | 204.0 |
England & Wales | 15,711.7 | 18,433.4 | 19,766.4 | 21,092.5 | 22,104.2 |
Source: Mid-year statistical data and Local authority subsidy returns.
The figure for England and Wales in 2012/13 is slightly different from that previously published due to inclusion of updated information from some local authorities.