Housing Benefit can be claimed by a person if they are liable to pay rent and if they are on a low income. Council Tax Benefit is designed to help people on low-income to pay their Council Tax. The data are broken down by gender, age and marital status.
Source: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics
Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Geographic coverage: England and Wales
Time coverage: 2005
Type of data: Administrative data
Notes: The two benefits are not listed separately in this dataset.