Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 21111
Local Housing Allowance
Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 6 January 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not increasing Local Housing Allowance rates in 2025-2026 on families.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe decision to maintain Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates at current levels for 2025/26 considered a range of factors such as, rental data, the impacts of LHA rates, the Government’s missions and wider fiscal context and the fact that rates were increa...
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