Housing Benefit: Scotland
(asked on 13th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of annual housing benefit payments per applicant was in (a) Glasgow North constituency, (b) the city of Glasgow and (c) Scotland in each year since 2010.
The information is in the tables below.
Table 1: Housing Benefit expenditure, £millions | ||||||
| Nominal | Real terms 2014/15 prices | ||||
Expenditure £m | Glasgow North | City of Glasgow | Scotland | Glasgow North | City of Glasgow | Scotland |
2010/11 | N/A | 337.0 | 1,660.6 | N/A | 361.7 | 1,782.4 |
2011/12 | 31.4 | 338.3 | 1,727.7 | 33.1 | 356.7 | 1,821.8 |
2012/13 | 32.9 | 347.7 | 1,788.8 | 34.1 | 360.7 | 1,855.3 |
2013/14 | 33.6 | 347.7 | 1,770.2 | 34.2 | 354.1 | 1,802.8 |
Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract and Local Authority subsidy returns.
Notes:
1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.
2. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.
3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls
4. Information for the city of Glasgow and Scotland is available in the “Benefit Expenditure by Local Authority from 2000/01 to 2013/14” tables at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014
Table 2: Average annual Housing Benefit payment per applicant | ||||||
| Nominal | Real terms 2014/15 prices | ||||
| Glasgow North | City of Glasgow | Scotland | Glasgow North | City of Glasgow | Scotland |
2010/11 | N/A | £3,670 | £3,470 | N/A | £3,940 | £3,730 |
2011/12 | £3,630 | £3,680 | £3,550 | £3,830 | £3,880 | £3,740 |
2012/13 | £3,740 | £3,760 | £3,640 | £3,870 | £3,900 | £3,770 |
2013/14 | £3,800 | £3,760 | £3,610 | £3,870 | £3,830 | £3,670 |
Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract
Notes:
1. All amounts in this table have been rounded to the nearest £10
2. Housing Benefit information by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011.
3. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement and published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls