asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total amount spent by each health board on rent allowances for the last year in which figures are available, and the total number of people receiving rent allowances in each health board area in the same period.
Written Answers. - Rent Allowances.
129.
Statistics are not maintained in a manner which would enable the information requested by the Deputy to be supplied.
Figures supplied by the health boards show total expenditure on rent supplements in the last week of March 1985 and the corresponding number of recipients to be £64,677 and 5,255 respectively. A breakdown of these figures between the health boards is as follows:
|
Health Board |
Rent Supplements |
|
|
Expenditure |
Number of Recipients |
|
|
£ |
||
|
Eastern |
51,302 |
3,489 |
|
Midland |
1,460 |
114 |
|
Mid Western |
1,179 |
191 |
|
North Eastern |
2,055 |
191 |
|
North Western |
658 |
175 |
|
South Eastern |
2,940 |
361 |
|
Southern |
3,148 |
453 |
|
Western |
1,935 |
281 |
|
Total |
64,677 |
5,255 |