§ 19. Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to change housing benefit entitlement to include lodgers who are close relatives.
§ Mr. BurtHousing benefit is payable only in respect of a commercial rent liability. Most people living with close relatives do not have a rent liability, but instead make contributions to the household's costs. It has never been the Government's intention that housing benefit should be payable for such contributions.