Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61412

Discretionary Housing Payments

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to expand discretionary housing payments to (a) Surrey and (b) other areas with high rental inflation.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Government announced through the Spending Review that Discretionary Housing Payments will be included in the new Crisis and Resilience Fund from April 2026. This will provide £842 million per year (£1 billion including Barnett consequential) to reform...
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