IRRV Alert - week ending 21st August 2009
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DWP HB/CTB Caseload Statistics
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
The latest national statistics on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 19th August 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics are based on Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) claimants in Great Britain at November 2008 to May 2009. This new release will update the latest published National Statistics which relate to August 2007.
The key points from the latest release are:
- At May 2009, the total number of people claiming Housing Benefit was 4.40 million, with 5.43 million claiming Council Tax Benefit.
- 2.85 million Housing Benefit recipients were of working-age, representing almost two thirds of all Housing Benefit recipients.
- One third of Housing Benefit claimants were Local Authority tenants at May 2009.
- Over two thirds of both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit recipients are in receipt of a Passported Benefit.
- There is wide Local Authority variation in both Housing Benefit recipients and Council Tax Benefit recipients as a proportion of Households, ranging from 5.9 per cent to 41.9 per cent for Housing Benefit, and 7.8 per cent to 39.9 per cent for Council Tax Benefit.
- The overall average Housing Benefit award is £81.03 per week, and for Council Tax Benefit recipients, the overall average award was £15.60 per week.
To access the latest release in full click here
Additional tables are available here
Experimental Flows data are available here
Further information on the statistics is available here
Coverage: Great Britain
Geographic Breakdown: Local Authority
Next Release Date: To be announced