Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Caseload Statistics
Introduction
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (HB & CTB) National Statistics published on 17th March 2010 update previously published National Statistics and relate to the period November 2008 to December 2009 (inclusive).
The statistics detail the number of people in receipt of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit and the amount of benefit received. They also include breakdowns of local authority, tenancy type, passported benefits and age group.
Latest Releases
The DWP Statistical Summary 
provides a structured overview of the National Statistics published by DWP, including Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit statistics.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Caseload Statistics: November 2008 to December 2009
Click here to access the complete set of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Tables. (691Kb) 
Additional Information
Click here to view paper detailing the Caseload Definition and Methodology
Experimental Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Flows Data: November 2008 to November 2009
Click here to access Experimental Flows Tables (359Kb)
Click here for a Guide to using Experimental Statistics
Historical Summaries
The statistics available below are based on the Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) data source. SHBE is a monthly electronic scan of claimant level data direct from Local Authority computer systems. It has been designed to provide sufficient information for all current and future statistical proposes and is now the single source of HB & CTB data.
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Summary Statistics: November 2009
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Summary Statistics: October 2009
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Summary Statistics: September 2009
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2009
The historical quarterly statistics available on HB & CTB caseload for the period February 2002 to August 2007 are based on clerical returns made by individual Local Authorities (LAs) of the aggregate number of people claiming HB & CTB at a specific point in time.
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2007
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2007
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: February 2007
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: November 2006
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2006
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2006
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: February 2006
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: November 2005
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2005
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2005
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: February 2005
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: November 2004
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2004
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2004
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: February 2004
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: November 2003
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2003
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2003
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: February 2003
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: November 2002 (387KB)
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: August 2002 (511KB)
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary Statistics: May 2002 (376KB)
- Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Statistical Summary: February 2002 (486KB)
The Annual Summaries
The May 2004 Annual Summary tables have been removed for investigation of some data quality issues