§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, (1) what plans he has to exempt sheltered and supported housing from the remit of the proposed changes to housing benefit; [24023]
(2) what discussions he has had with the National Federation of Housing Associations and other interested bodies with respect to the proposed housing benefit changes, with particular reference to sheltered and supported housing; [24025]
(3) what savings he is expecting by the expected reductions in housing benefit for sheltered and supported housing; [24027]
(4) what analysis was made by his Department of the extra costs that sheltered and supported housing would bear under his proposed housing benefit changes. [24024]
§ Mr. Roger EvansMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has recently received the report of the Social Security advisory committee following its public consultation on the proposed changes to housing benefit. We will be considering carefully the position of sheltered and supported housing under the changes as part of our response to the report.