Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 84645

Housing: Children

Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on how many bedrooms should be provided to benefit claimants with children.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
There is support through the social security system for low-income households renting in the private or social rented sector which is paid to those in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit. The number of bedrooms req...
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