Housing Benefit
(asked on 13th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid in housing benefit to (1) tenants of private landlords, (2) tenants of housing associations, (3) councils, in each of the last three financial years.
For the information requested on Housing Benefit expenditure this is available in the benefit expenditure and caseload tables produced by the department, the latest of which was published on gov.uk in March 2021.
For the tenure types requested, we advise that Local Authority Tenants (Rent Rebate) figures are suitable for (3) councils, Registered Social Landlord Tenants are suitable for (2) housing associations, and Private Rented Sector tenants are suitable for (1) private landlords.
Housing benefits expenditure £ million, nominal terms | |||
By Tenure | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
of which Local Authority Tenants (Rent Rebate) | 5,485 | 5,178 | 4,788 |
of which Registered Social Landlord Tenants | 9,107 | 8,681 | 7,967 |
of which Private Rented Sector tenants | 7,709 | 6,871 | 5,609 |
Notes:
(1) Does not include expenditure on the housing element of Universal Credit.