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<p /> <p>The information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit and Jobseeker's
Allowance expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions in 2013/14, Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>Real Terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>Proportion
of total expenditure on DWP benefits and personal tax credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
HB</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of
which also receiving JSA</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
HB and JSA</p></td><td><p>1,219</p></td><td><p>1,239</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract, Work
and Pensions Longitudinal Study and Local Authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years
only. Information for 2014/15 full financial year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>2.
Figures are consistent with the published expenditure tables for Budget 2015. Full
information on benefit expenditure is at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p>
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