Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 44809

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Steve Witherden

LabourMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not uprating local housing allowance rates on homelessness in Wales.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex, they interact dynamically making it very difficult to isolate the relative importance of individual factors. Responsibility for housing and homelessness is devolved to the Welsh Government, w...

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