Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2003
Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit
Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) are income-related benefits administered by Local Authorities. People are eligible to claim HB if they are liable to pay rent (or are treated as if they were so liable) in respect of the dwelling they occupy as their home. CTB is designed to help people on low-income pay their Council Tax.
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Contents
| Table 1.1: | Housing Benefit recipients by tenure: February 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.2: | Housing Benefit recipients paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): February 1998 to November |
| Table 1.3: | Rent Allowance recipients by tenure: February 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.4: | Housing Benefit recipients average weekly amounts by tenure:February 1998 to May 2003. |
| Table 1.5: | Rent Allowance recipients average weekly amounts by tenure:February 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.6: | Housing Benefit average weekly amounts by whether or not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): February 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.7: | Annual percentage change in Housing Benefit caseload by region and whether paid as in receipt /not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): |
| Table 1.8: | Housing Benefit caseload by Government Office Region (GOR) and tenure: May 2003 |
| Table 1.9: | Housing Benefit recipients average weekly amounts by Government Office Region (GOR) and tenure: May 2003 |
| Table 1.10: | Housing Benefit recipients eligible weekly rent by Government Office Region (GOR) and tenure: May 2003 |
| Table 1.11: | Housing Benefit recipients assessed under the Local Reference Rent (Jan '96 or Oct '97) Scheme: May 2000 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.12: | Housing Benefit recipients assessed under the Single Room Rent(Oct '96) Scheme: November 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.13: | Housing Benefit recipients assessed under the Local Reference Rent (Jan '96) scheme by tenure and paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): May 1997 to February 2000 |
| Table 1.14: | Housing Benefit recipients assessed under the Local reference Rent (Oct '97) Scheme by tenure and paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB):May 1998 to February 2000 |
| Table 1.15: | Average weekly amounts of rent for all recipients with a Deregulated Tenancy, by scheme assessed under: May 2000 to May 2003 |
| Table 1.16: | Average weekly amounts of rent for all recipients with a Deregulated Tenancy, by scheme assessed under: February 1998 to February 2000 . |
| Table 2.1: | Council Tax Benefit recipients paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): February 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 2.2: | Annual percentage change in Council Tax Benefit caseload by Government Office Region (GOR) paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): November 2001 to November 2002 |
| Table 2.3: | Council Tax Benefit caseload by Government Office Region (GOR) paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): November 2001 to May 2003 |
| Table 2.4: | Average weekly amounts of Council Tax Benefit and average weekly amounts of eligible Council Tax by Government Office Region (GOR): May 2003 |
| Table 2.5: | Average weekly amounts of Council Tax Benefit and eligible Council Tax paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB) February 1998 to May 2003 |
| Table 3.1: | Housing Benefit recipients: by County, Local Authority and tenure, paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): May 2003 |
| Table 3.2: | Council Tax Benefit recipients: by County, Local Authority and tenure, paid as in receipt of/not in receipt of IS/MIG/JSA(IB): May 2003 |