AQW 48227/11-15
Mr Ian Milne
Sinn Féin
Mid Ulster
Tabled Date: 03/07/2015
Answered On Date: 16/07/2015
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development to detail the number of claimants in receipt of (a) full housing benefit; and (b) partial housing benefit broken down by council area.
Answer:
The Housing Executive has provided the table attached detailing the housing benefit cases which have a Housing Benefit rent entitlement, which accounts for over 98% of the total housing benefit caseload. Council Area | Number of claimants in receipt of full housing benefit | Number of claimants in receipt of partial housing benefit | Belfast City Council | 37,006 | 7,147 | North Down & Ards | 8,630 | 2,163 | Lisburn & Castlereagh | 7,996 | 2,129 | Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon | 8,944 | 2,160 | Newry, Mourne & Down | 14,215 | 2,683 | Mid Ulster | 6,944 | 1,468 | Fermanagh & Omagh | 7,389 | 1,106 | Mid & East Antrim | 8,230 | 2,116 | Antrim & Newtownabbey | 7607 | 2071 | Causeway & Glens | 10,363 | 2,220 | Derry & Strabane | 17,685 | 3,047 | Totals | 135,009 | 28,310 |
The Housing Executive has advised that it is not possible to provide a full/partial split for Housing Benefit “rates only” cases, which comprises just over 1.5% of total Housing Benefit caseload and these have therefore not been included in the table. The Information provided in this response is governed by the Principles and Protocols of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. This is enforced by UK Statistics Authority.
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