The key points from the latest release are:
At February 2012:
*The total number
of people receiving Housing Benefit was just over 5 million, with 5.92 million
claiming Council Tax Benefit.
*The number of
housing benefit claimants in the United Kingdom has broken the five
million barrier for the first time.
*3.72 million
Housing Benefit recipients were aged under 65, representing almost three
quarters of all Housing Benefit recipients.
*67 per cent of
Housing Benefit recipients were tenants of Social Sector landlords.
*Around two thirds
of both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit recipients are in receipt of a
Passported Benefit.
*The overall
average Housing Benefit award is £86.77 per week, and for Council Tax Benefit
recipients, the overall average award was £15.69 per week.
*3.95 million
Housing Benefit recipients were single, with almost two-thirds of these being
female. Of the 1.73 million recipients with at least one child dependent, 1.17
million of these were single.
Read more on the DWP website.
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