Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71564
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat — Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Housing Benefit (a) earnings disregard and (b) taper rate on the work incentives of young people in supported accommodation; and wh
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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