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Housing Benefit
Jeremy Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what average level of housing benefit was paid to claimants in (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private rented accommodation in each London borough in (i) the latest month for which information is available and (ii) the same month in 2005-06. [85006]
Mr. Plaskitt:
The most recent available information is for November 2005. Information for November 2004 has been provided for comparison. The information is in the table.
| Average amounts of housing benefit in payment by tenure in London boroughs: November 2004 and 2005 |
| London borough | November 2004 | November 2005 |
| | LA | RSL | Private | LA | RSL | Private |
|
Barking
|
61.46
|
70.27
|
117.92
|
65.32
|
74.97
|
124.07
|
|
Barnet
|
75.61
|
125.66
|
143.45
|
78.07
|
125.15
|
148.85
|
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|
Bexley
|
253.40
|
69.47
|
112.63
|
303.64
|
71.98
|
116.12
|
|
Brent
|
88.11
|
113.09
|
135.05
|
91.61
|
117.11
|
139.48
|
|
Bromley
|
(1)—
|
75.36
|
121.71
|
(1)—
|
78.33
|
127.93
|
|
Camden
|
80.68
|
96.81
|
135.21
|
84.12
|
101.08
|
141.62
|
|
City of London
|
75.53
|
85.77
|
110.38
|
76.44
|
89.77
|
111.83
|
|
Croydon
|
69.09
|
90.35
|
127.80
|
71.58
|
91.80
|
133.00
|
|
Ealing
|
92.41
|
98.10
|
130.38
|
99.98
|
99.26
|
137.08
|
|
Enfield
|
98.23
|
106.05
|
128.97
|
103.04
|
108.71
|
137.66
|
|
Greenwich
|
60.94
|
76.02
|
112.39
|
63.19
|
78.93
|
119.36
|
|
Hackney
|
76.67
|
86.32
|
128.13
|
78.59
|
90.91
|
137.90
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
78.40
|
87.04
|
120.70
|
85.42
|
94.85
|
141.35
|
|
Haringey
|
105.11
|
107.77
|
116.30
|
114.35
|
111.44
|
121.95
|
|
Harrow
|
71.75
|
139.92
|
138.63
|
72.12
|
142.06
|
143.18
|
|
Havering
|
52.33
|
73.71
|
113.11
|
58.64
|
75.67
|
117.82
|
|
Hillingdon
|
97.76
|
80.94
|
121.59
|
105.93
|
80.89
|
128.95
|
|
Hounslow
|
72.63
|
80.71
|
122.84
|
77.47
|
82.33
|
128.36
|
|
Islington
|
75.14
|
83.13
|
118.71
|
77.55
|
89.17
|
126.52
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
101.99
|
84.59
|
165.65
|
113.43
|
89.19
|
170.65
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
89.74
|
82.26
|
127.91
|
94.23
|
86.42
|
132.34
|
|
Lambeth
|
81.02
|
73.48
|
110.43
|
86.58
|
77.75
|
115.03
|
|
Lewisham
|
59.12
|
80.29
|
88.31
|
63.52
|
85.00
|
137.71
|
|
Merton
|
60.85
|
80.87
|
125.17
|
65.18
|
84.05
|
132.83
|
|
Newham
|
100.09
|
120.11
|
116.30
|
120.81
|
120.60
|
123.35
|
|
Redbridge
|
130.24
|
92.45
|
123.13
|
141.16
|
94.38
|
131.01
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
251.81
|
69.50
|
130.61
|
245.84
|
72.82
|
138.23
|
|
Southwark
|
65.45
|
78.87
|
118.05
|
67.95
|
81.51
|
119.76
|
|
Sutton
|
60.29
|
78.44
|
120.86
|
63.31
|
82.80
|
126.01
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
89.13
|
79.20
|
120.60
|
92.91
|
82.18
|
140.05
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
89.11
|
76.67
|
105.61
|
96.46
|
79.13
|
114.55
|
|
Wandsworth
|
77.78
|
100.29
|
130.60
|
83.01
|
101.83
|
175.69
|
|
Westminster
|
119.12
|
115.58
|
171.96
|
144.40
|
109.52
|
179.86
|
(1) Data is nil or non applicable. This includes cases where the average amounts have been suppressed if the corresponding caseloads are nil or negligible.
Notes:
1. Average amounts have been rounded to the nearest penny.
2. “LA” = local authority, “RSL” = registered social landlord.
3. LA figures include non-HRA rent rebates.
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in November 2004 and November 2005.
|
Information Technology
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) out-turn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. [71817]
James Purnell:
Information that is available is in the following table.
| Contract | Supplier | Original contract estimate (£ million) | Most recently estimated (£ million) |
|
Accord / Standard Services Business Allocation (SSBA)
|
EDS
|
3,433.5
|
2,396.8
|
|
Accord / Integrated Communications and Network Services (ICONS)
|
BT
|
1,411.3
|
870.0
|
|
Pensions Transformation Project
|
Accenture
|
129.0
|
122.0
|
|
Benefits Processing Replacement Programme / Working Age Transformation and Change Programme
|
IBM
|
123.4
|
79.7
|
|
Central Payment System
|
Siemens
|
59.6
|
59.6
|
