Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Garston and Halewood Constituency in receipt of housing benefit had (a) been subject to the spare room subsidy and (b) one or more tenants receiving disability living allowance or personal independent payments in each year since April 2013.
The information requested is in the tables below, with the exception that providing a subset of the caseloads to where disability living allowance or personal independence payment is received is not possible without disproportionate cost.
Table A – Housing Benefit Spare Room Subsidy Caseload by property size, Garston and Halewood, May 2013 - May 2016
| All Cases | 2-bed | 3-bed | Other no of bedrooms |
May 2013 | 2,075 | 510 | 1385 | 180 |
May 2014 | 1,790 | 430 | 1210 | 150 |
May 2015 | 1,650 | 395 | 1110 | 140 |
May 2016 | 1,500 | 355 | 1020 | 125 |
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Table B – Housing Benefit Spare Room Subsidy Caseload by property size, Liverpool City Region, May 2013 - May 2016
| All Cases | 2-bed | 3-bed | Other no of bedrooms |
May 2013 | 28,800 | 9,560 | 17,390 | 1,845 |
May 2014 | 24,420 | 7,970 | 14,990 | 1,460 |
May 2015 | 22,750 | 7,400 | 13,995 | 1,350 |
May 2016 | 20,790 | 6,890 | 12,680 | 1,220 |
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