Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 73078
Housing Benefit: Earnings Rules
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Housing Benefit earnings disregard from £5 to £57 for young people.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsIt remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
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