Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4055

Tabled: 21 May 2026

Question

Hannah Spencer

Green PartyGorton and Denton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of older private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit whose rent exceeds the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate; and what assessment he has made of the im