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<p /> <p>At August 2014, the latest period for which data is available, there were
115,935 Housing Benefit claimants aged 18 to 21.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure information
is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Housing
Benefit expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nominal
terms</p></td><td><p>Real terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract and Local Authority subsidy
returns.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial
years only.</p><p>2. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published
following the 2014 Autumn Statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>3.
Information on the number of Housing Benefit claimants is published on Stat-Xplore
at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p>
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