To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average amount of housing benefit provided per dwelling for (1) council housing, (2) housing association properties, and (3) privately rented properties, in England and Wales for each year since 2010.
Answered on
21 February 2018
The available information is shown in the table below.
Table 1: Annual average award amount for Housing Benefit by detailed housing type in England and Wales, August 2010 to August 2017
£ | ||||||||
Detailed Housing Type | Aug-10 | Aug-11 | Aug-12 | Aug-13 | Aug-14 | Aug-15 | Aug-16 | Aug-17 |
England | ||||||||
LA tenant (SRS) | 69.20 | 73.12 | 78.24 | 79.58 | 83.36 | 86.12 | 86.29 | 85.27 |
Registered social landlord tenant (SRS) | 79.40 | 82.52 | 87.78 | 89.00 | 93.27 | 95.94 | 96.98 | 97.18 |
Private regulated tenant (PRS) | 78.62 | 81.60 | 85.44 | 89.26 | 93.15 | 96.05 | 99.64 | 103.79 |
Private deregulated tenant (LHA) (PRS) | 116.60 | 115.74 | 110.01 | 109.06 | 110.66 | 112.55 | 113.98 | 114.28 |
Private deregulated tenant (non-LHA) (PRS) | 106.76 | 106.20 | 107.05 | 107.20 | 108.81 | 110.75 | 113.96 | 117.63 |
Wales | ||||||||
LA tenant (SRS) | 61.37 | 64.74 | 67.52 | 67.52 | 69.81 | 72.83 | 75.04 | 77.26 |
Registered social landlord tenant (SRS) | 69.74 | 72.10 | 76.16 | 76.69 | 80.25 | 83.20 | 85.05 | 87.33 |
Private regulated tenant (PRS) | 56.41 | 57.52 | 58.47 | 60.40 | 62.86 | 64.20 | 65.63 | 67.54 |
Private deregulated tenant (LHA) (PRS) | 86.40 | 85.06 | 81.44 | 80.51 | 80.46 | 81.18 | 81.03 | 80.15 |
Private deregulated tenant (non-LHA) (PRS) | 76.57 | 76.56 | 76.76 | 76.48 | 77.82 | 79.69 | 81.23 | 82.44 |