Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4780
Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit
Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 16 September 2024
Question
Rachel Blake
Labour (Co-op) — Cities of London and Westminster
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will remove the cap on housing benefit subsidy rates for temporary accommodation.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsDWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is £500 per week in certain areas of London or £375 elsewhere. We appreciate these are difficu...
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