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Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16299

Universal Credit: Housing

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat — Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has identified processing errors where housing cost increases under Universal Credit have resulted in a reduction of a claimant's payment.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department has not identified processing errors that have caused increases in eligible housing costs under Universal Credit to reduce a claimant’s overall award.