§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the cost of abolishing the shared residency requirement for housing benefit; what assumptions underlie his estimate; and if he will make a statement. [110063]
§ Angela EagleWe are unable to estimate with any accuracy the cost of abolishing the Single Room Rent restriction. There is insufficient quantitative information on how this group responded to the change, and without this information we cannot estimate the behavioural effects of reversing the change.