| Heading: |
Affordable Housing: Housing Benefit |
| Question ID: |
1796850 |
| UIN: |
47722 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4475 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Suella Braverman
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| Asking Member handle: |
suellabraverman
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@suellabraverman
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of maintaining the level of Housing Benefit until 2026 on the affordability of housing for people on Housing Benefit. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
Both Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit provide support for renters in the private and social rented sectors. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum housing support for households claiming either benefit can rece... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |