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Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Statistics

 

 

 

 

Summary

This page links to national statistics on housing benefit and council tax benefit produced by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Detail

The latest national statistics on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 16th June 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority

Statistics are based on Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) recipients in Great Britain at November 2008 to March 2010.

From March 2010 the additional tables include a breakdown of HB and CTB caseload and average award by family type and age group

The key points from the latest release are:

  • At March 2010, the total number of people receiving Housing Benefit was 4.72 million, with 5.74 million claiming Council Tax Benefit.
  • 3.16 million Housing Benefit recipients were of working-age, representing just over two thirds of all Housing Benefit recipients.
  • 70 per cent of Housing Benefit recipients were tenants of Social Sector landlords and 30 per cent were tenants of Private Sector landlords.
  • Over two thirds of both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit recipients are in receipt of a Passported Benefit.
  • The overall average Housing Benefit award is £83.74 per week, and for Council Tax Benefit recipients, the overall average award was £15.83 per week.
  • Over 3.76 million Housing Benefit recipients were single, with two-thirds of these being female. Of the 1.54 million recipients with at least one child dependant, just over one million were single.

To access the latest release in full click here  

Additional tables are available here (735Kb)

Further information on the statistics is available here

 


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