United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11099
Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing
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23 January 2024
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31 January 2024 · Answer
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Housing
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31 January 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector there are in receipt of housing benefit in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the local housing allowance
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23 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector there are in receipt of housing benefit in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the local housing allowance
Source: Commons
31 January 2024
Answer
The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This will...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-23/11099
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1684518
- uk · wq-1684518 · source updated 31 January 2024