Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 90148

Housing Benefit

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Kerry McCarthy

LabourBristol East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 Question 76922 on Housing Benefit: Supported Housing, what further discussions he has had with stakeholders on proposals to decrease the Housing Benefit taper

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We acknowledge there is a challenge arising from the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit, particularly for working age customers living in Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation. A wide range of customers currently receive rent...

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