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Housing Benefit: Gosport

Asked by Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 22 September 2025UIN 76817

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming housing benefit in Gosport in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Monthly statistics for the number of Housing Benefit claimants in Great Britain are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore, The statistics are available for various geographies, including local authority and parliamentary constituency, and are currently available to May 2025.

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