Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 19859
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024
Question
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has she made of the potential impact of the under occupancy charge on rates of poverty.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS), sometimes referred to as the underoccupancy charge, applies to claims for housing support - either Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit - where the claimant is living in the social rented...
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