Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71801

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of working more than one hour per week on the Housing Benefit receipt for young people in supported accommodation.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

It 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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