Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 93800
Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit
Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025
Question
Natasha Irons
Labour — Croydon East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amount of the Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases being less than Local Housing Allowance rates on the quality of tempora
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 the lowest of £500 per week in certain areas of London or £375 elsewhere, 90% of 2011 LHA r...
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