Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 68072
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Steve Race
Labour — Exeter
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the Housing Benefits disregard from £5 to £57 for people in supported housing.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for those living in Supported and Temporary Accommodation and receiving their housing support through Housing Benefit. The departmen...
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