Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 72599

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

John Whitby

LabourDerbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to the housing benefit taper rate on the number of young people in supported accommodation entering employment.

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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