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answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answer › question first answered	2022-04-27T16:13:04.51Z
tabling member constituency	Warley

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20/04/2022

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Housing Benefit

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall outturn spending on housing benefit was in the latest year for which figures are available.

tabling member constituency

Warley

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John Spellar

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156375

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

27/04/2022

answer text

<p>In 2020/21 the spending on Housing Benefit was £17.3bn. This includes Housing Benefit within Welfare Cap, Housing Benefit outside Welfare Cap and Housing Benefit funded by Local Authorities. Figures were published after the Autumn Budget 2021 and they are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p>

answering member constituency

Macclesfield

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David Rutley

question first answered

27/04/2022 16:13:04

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label	Biography information for John Spellar