Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 72397

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Patricia Ferguson

LabourGlasgow West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the level of the Housing Benefit disregard for young people living in supported accommodation.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...

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