Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 74418

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 recent estimate her Department has made of the number of young people in supported accommodation who have (a) reduced working hours and (b) turned down employment opportunities due to the tapering

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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