AQW 10213/22-27
Mr Daniel McCrossan
Social Democratic and Labour Party
West Tyrone
Tabled Date: 16/04/2024
Answered On Date: 30/04/2024
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average gap between rent and the Local Housing Allowance for households in the private rented sector, broken down by constituency, in the last three years.
Answer:
The average (median) gap between rent and the Local Housing Allowance for households in the private rented sector, broken down by constituency, in the last three years is shown below. Median gap between rent and the Local Housing Allowance for Universal Credit households in the private rented sector with rents that exceeded the LHA PC2024 | Nov-21 | Nov-22 | Nov-23 | BELFAST EAST | £89 | £105 | £139 | BELFAST NORTH | £89 | £94 | £114 | BELFAST SOUTH AND MID DOWN | £114 | £126 | £151 | BELFAST WEST | £102 | £114 | £134 | EAST ANTRIM | £94 | £95 | £120 | EAST LONDONDERRY | £98 | £103 | £116 | FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE | £121 | £132 | £146 | FOYLE | £107 | £114 | £116 | LAGAN VALLEY | £110 | £113 | £142 | MID ULSTER | £101 | £110 | £123 | NEWRY AND ARMAGH | £111 | £118 | £141 | NORTH ANTRIM | £86 | £95 | £109 | NORTH DOWN | £112 | £122 | £139 | SOUTH ANTRIM | £107 | £119 | £145 | SOUTH DOWN | £91 | £106 | £118 | STRANGFORD | £82 | £95 | £112 | UPPER BANN | £94 | £104 | £121 | WEST TYRONE | £96 | £107 | £108 | Northern Ireland | £101 | £111 | £129 |
Data source: Universal Credit Full Service system (UCFS). Note that due to retrospection of UCFS data UC figures are subject to change. Median gap between rent and the Local Housing Allowance for Housing Benefit claimants in the private rented sector with rents that exceeded the LHA PC2024 | Nov-21 | Nov-22 | Nov-23 | BELFAST EAST | £73 | £64 | £75 | BELFAST NORTH | £79 | £71 | £78 | BELFAST SOUTH AND MID DOWN | £113 | £89 | £115 | BELFAST WEST | £115 | £115 | £124 | EAST ANTRIM | £69 | £63 | £78 | EAST LONDONDERRY | £87 | £79 | £91 | FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE | £108 | £97 | £107 | FOYLE | £103 | £88 | £103 | LAGAN VALLEY | £127 | £114 | £134 | MID ULSTER | £97 | £85 | £96 | NEWRY AND ARMAGH | £120 | £111 | £115 | NORTH ANTRIM | £78 | £74 | £87 | NORTH DOWN | £120 | £98 | £112 | SOUTH ANTRIM | £87 | £83 | £94 | SOUTH DOWN | £101 | £87 | £96 | STRANGFORD | £84 | £74 | £88 | UPPER BANN | £88 | £81 | £97 | WEST TYRONE | £103 | £93 | £96 | Northern Ireland | £96 | £85 | £97 |
Data source: NIHE Housing Benefit Data In producing the geographical analysis, records were attributed to an LHA area and parliamentary constituency based on their postcode. Not all records can be correctly allocated using this method and some cannot be allocated at all. All claimant / household figures are rounded to the nearest pound. Note that the rate of LHA used to calculate Housing Benefit/Universal Credit housing costs award depends on the area where the customer chooses to live, who lives with them and the number of bedrooms they need. This may have an impact on the median monthly difference as some customers may be under-occupying their property and will therefore have a larger shortfall between their eligible rent used to calculate their Housing Benefit/Universal Credit housing costs award and the contractual rent charged by their landlord. The median figures above are an average across all household size requirements (number of bedrooms needed). The median difference will be affected by both the household size requirements and the Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) rates within each parliamentary constituency. This should also be considered when drawing comparisons between UC and HB due to the differences in their caseload characteristics.
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