DWP Data Releases including HB and CTB Statistics

The latest national statistics on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 20th January 2010.

Statistics are based on Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) claimants in Great Britain at November 2008 to October 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

• At October 2009, the total number of people claiming Housing Benefit was 4.57 million, with 5.59 million claiming Council Tax Benefit.
  
• 3.03 million Housing Benefit recipients were of working-age, representing almost two thirds of all Housing Benefit recipients.
  
• 70 per cent of Housing Benefit recipients were tenants of Social Sector landlords and 29 per cent were tenants of Private Sector landlords.
  
• Over two thirds of both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit recipients are in receipt of a Passported Benefit.
• The overall average Housing Benefit award is £81.90 per week, and for Council Tax Benefit recipients, the overall average award was £15.59 per week.
  

For full release and details please click here

Additional statistical publications added by the DWP include:

• Statistical Summary: January 2010
• Early Estimates for Working Age Inactive Benefit Client Groups
• Lone Parents Receiving Jobseeker's Allowance
• Children in Out-of-work Benefit Households
• Jobseekers' Allowance Six Month Offer

Links to all this data can be found here