| Heading: |
Local Housing Allowance: Homelessness |
| Question ID: |
1798608 |
| UIN: |
49292 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5338 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Terry Jermy
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| Asking Member handle: |
cllrterryjermy
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@cllrterryjermy
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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 freezing Local Housing Allowance on future levels of homelessness. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-06 |
| 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: |
The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex; they interact dynamically making it very difficult to isolate the relative importance of individual factors. We work closely with other departments, including MHCLG, to ensure the impacts of ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |