| Heading: |
Housing Benefit |
| Question ID: |
1816383 |
| UIN: |
62680 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4671 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Afzal Khan
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| Asking Member handle: |
AfzalKhanMCR
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AfzalKhanMCR
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on enhanced housing benefit in each year since 2010. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
| 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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
We interpret ‘enhanced housing benefit’ as Housing Benefit payable for exempt accommodation (a category of specified accommodation in Housing Benefit regulations). The time series information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |