Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101232
Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to uprate the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsLocal Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed each year at Autumn Budget. In his Written Ministerial Statement following Autumn Budget, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions confirmed that LHA rates will remain at current levels in 2026/27. He c...
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