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<p>The available information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit paid for private rented sector
accommodation split by payment destination (£millions, real terms 2016/2017 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial
Year</p></td><td><p>(a) Paid to Tenants</p></td><td><p>(b) Paid directly to Landlords</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>6,630</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>6,390</p></td><td><p>2,870</p></td><td><p>9,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>6,220</p></td><td><p>2,770</p></td><td><p>8,990</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: DWP Stat-x-plore and Benefit Expenditure tables</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Payment
destination was unknown in around 1% of cases. This expenditure was assumed to be
split between landlords and their tenants in the same proportion as the rest.</li><li>Payment
destination statistics for financial years before 2013/2014 are not available.</li><li>Figures
have been rounded to the nearest £10m and may not sum to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Expenditure
for 2015/16 is based on statistical data for the full year but the financial total
is a forecast.</li></ol>
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