Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 22324

Tabled: 28 August 2026

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal Democrat — Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not uprating Local Housing Allowance in-line with inflation at the Autumn 2025 Budget on levels of homelessness among Universal Credit claimants in