Mr Jim Murphy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Jim Murphy on 2014-03-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit payments was paid to recipients in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Dundee and (d) Aberdeen in the last year.
Steve Webb
The amount paid in Housing Benefit in 2012/13 can be found in the table below.
|
2012/13 |
|
|
£m |
|
|
HB |
|
|
Glasgow City |
348 |
|
City of Edinburgh |
200 |
|
Dundee City |
77 |
|
Aberdeen City |
55 |
Source: Local authority statistical data and subsidy returns.
Note: Expenditure is shown for the last complete financial year. Benefit expenditure for Housing Benefit can be found in the Local Authority tables as per link https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266828/la-tables-201213.xls
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