Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 35395
Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit
Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tony Vaughan
Labour — Folkestone and Hythe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of uprating temporary accommodation subsidy rates on local authorities.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe continue to keep the rates used for Housing Benefit subsidy under review and are working closely with MHCLG and the Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping to explore the impacts of subsidy rates on local authorities. The Government ...
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