Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Liverpool City Region in receipt of housing benefit subject to the spare room subsidy were living in (a) two or (b) three bedroom properties 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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