Essex Parliamentary Constituencies – August 2014 Spare Room Subsidy Indicators

Here is the data showing the numbers subject to the Bedroom Tax in Essex for August for all eighteen Parliamentary constituencies in the glorious county of Essex. I have ordered them with those having the highest numbers at the top.

Constituency	Reduction applied	No reduction applied	Not applicable – private rented
Thurrock	898	5868	3612
Basildon and Billericay	765	4869	1529
South Basildon and East Thurrock	740	4625	2254
Harlow	728	6386	1852
Rochford and Southend East	574	5197	6547
Colchester	567	5276	3207
Braintree	418	3624	1686
Chelmsford	401	4237	1545
Witham	358	2989	1270
Epping Forest	342	3746	1551
Clacton	293	2439	6251
Saffron Walden	284	2999	1049
Brentwood and Ongar	260	2975	1193
Maldon	236	2271	1507
Harwich and North Essex	227	2179	2511
Southend West	178	1920	3874
Castle Point	161	1406	2938
Rayleigh and Wickford	128	1709	1519

Whilst Southend West is towards the bottom of this list, 178 households who have had their Housing Benefit reduced because they are considered under-occupied is 178 too many in my opinion.

(The numbers are for Housing Benefit Claimants)