Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 49872
Local Housing Allowance: Temporary Accommodation
Tabled: 1 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Margaret Mullane
Labour — Dagenham and Rainham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will remove the 2011 cap on Local Housing Allowance payable for temporary accommodation through the Housing Benefit Subsidy system.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsDWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is £500 per week in certain areas of London or £375 elsewhere. We recognise the financial pres...
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