To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of applications for Housing Benefit in (a) Birmingham and (b) England in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) 3 years and (iii) 5 years.
Answered on
11 October 2022
The information requested for the number of Housing Benefit applications is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered by
Department for Work and Pensions
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