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UIN 155250

Universal Credit: Housing

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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19 February 2021

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3 March 2021 · Answer

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Housing

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3 March 2021

Housing

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the the number of benefit claimants that face a shortfall between their actual rent and the amount for rent included in their universal credit payment; and what assessment

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  1. 19 February 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the the number of benefit claimants that face a shortfall between their actual rent and the amount for rent included in their universal credit payment; and what assessment

    Source: Commons

  2. 3 March 2021

    Answer

    This is published in the supplementary tables available here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-14-january-2021. For those that do experience a shortfall, Discretionary Housing Payments are available. Sin...

    Source: Written answer

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