Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 74415

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on aligning the Housing Benefit taper rate with the Universal Credit taper rate for young people in supported accommodation

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The department does not routinely collect management information on reports of customers limiting working hours or turning down employment opportunities but we do have anecdotal evidence of this occurring. This is why it remains the department’s priority ...

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