Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of tenants in the private rented sector were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last 10 years.
Justin Tomlinson
The information from 2008 to 2015 is available and is published at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started—SuperWEB2.html
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload data prior to 2008 can be found at:
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