| Heading: |
Housing Benefit: Landlords |
| Question ID: |
1813110 |
| UIN: |
60305 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5111 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Martin Wrigley
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Martin Wrigley
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Housing Benefit is paid to private landlords in each (a) region and (b) local authority. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
|
| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |