DWP estimate no more than 5,000 pre 1996 exemption
cases. I estimate 40,000 - a big
difference. Merseyside has 5 councils, each of whom have stock
transferred organisations running the former council housing. I have preliminary figures from two of these
in St Helens and Wirral which total over 900 cases and both equate to around
15% of bedroom tax cases in their respective LA areas. Merseyside has 24,286 confirmed cases of
bedroom tax according to latest DWP figures and so if this 15% is replicated
across the 5 councils it would be 3,625 pre 1996 cases in Merseyside alone.
Anyone think the DWP estimate of 5000 total case for Merseyside’s 5 councils
PLUS another 340 or so local councils is a good one? Read more on the Speye
blog.
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