Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 95980
Social Security Benefits: Social Rented Housing
Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households currently subject to the Household Benefit Cap are living in (a) council housing and (b) housing association accommodation.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThere were 540 households on Housing Benefit affected by the benefit cap in May 2025. Of these, 40 were living in council housing and 100 were living in housing association accommodation.There were 123,000 households on Universal Credit affected by the be...
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