Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16749
Universal Credit: Rented Housing
Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat — North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of instances where a Managed Payment to Landlord has been requested before a claimant's first Universal Credit payment but the housing element was nevertheless pa
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department does not collate numbers or produce statistics for this purpose. A request for a Managed Payment to a Landlord (MPTL) is considered on a case-by-case basis and is not automatically granted. An MPTL may not be accepted where the claimant doe...
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