Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 86698

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Ben Lake

Plaid CymruCeredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze on local housing allowance on levels of 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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