United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 115567
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
Introduced
24 February 2026
Last action
2 March 2026 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
2 March 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of those claiming a) housing benefit and b) the UC housing element live in the social rented sector.
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24 February 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of those claiming a) housing benefit and b) the UC housing element live in the social rented sector.
Source: Commons
2 March 2026
Answer
Monthly statistics for the number of households on Housing Benefit (HB) and the number of Households on Universal Credit (UC) are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore, with data currently available to November 2025. The statistics are available by Tenure Ty...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-24/115567
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1884551
- uk · wq-1884551 · source updated 2 March 2026