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Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit statistics

Statistics on Housing Benefit including the numbers receiving it and the amount received. Includes Council Tax Benefit data to 2013.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
15 May 2013
Last updated:
14 August 2018
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  1. Note added about the August 2018 publication of Housing Benefit data on Stat-Xplore. This will include the new methodology for assigning geography breakdowns for residential Housing Benefit claimants.

  2. Updated to show that the Experimental Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit flows data now cover the period November 2008 to November 2013.

  3. National statistics relating to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit flows updated to include data to August 2013.

  4. First published.

We publish Housing Benefit (HB) statistics on this page and on:

Find further breakdowns of these statistics in Stat-Xplore our online tool for exploring some of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) main statistics. Use Stat-Xplore to create your own tables and charts.

There is contact information and more about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

HB caseload

Use Stat-Xplore to find the latest Housing Benefit caseload data.

DWP has stopped publishing Housing Benefit caseload data in spreadsheet format. It is now only released on Stat-Xplore.

HB flows data

Use Stat-Xplore to find the latest experimental Housing Benefit flows data.

DWP has stopped publishing Housing Benefit flows data in spreadsheet format. It is now only released on Stat-Xplore.

Flows data records the number of people beginning and ending Housing Benefit claims.

HB and CTB summary statistics to 2013

Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was abolished in April 2013 and replaced by a system of localised support. In England, the Department for Communities and Local Government is now responsible for these statistics. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have similar responsibility. The statistics shown here provide the final numbers relating to Council Tax Benefit.

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