Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 37406

Tabled: 22 October 2026

Question

Liam Byrne

Labour — Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total Housing Benefit expenditure on supported exempt accommodation was in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in 2025–26; and what proportion of the national total was accoun