Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 60312
Housing Benefit and Social Rented Housing: Costs
Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) the provision of social housing in each of the next ten years.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe information requested on Housing Benefit (HB) expenditure over the next ten years is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, expenditure on HB for the years up to and including 2029/30 is available in the B...
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