United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 189636
Housing Benefit: Cost of Living Payments
Introduced
14 June 2023
Last action
23 June 2023 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
23 June 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people on housing benefits to claim Cost of Living payments.
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Timeline
14 June 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people on housing benefits to claim Cost of Living payments.
Source: Commons
23 June 2023
Answer
Housing Benefit is not an income replacement benefit; it is intended to cover only housing costs.Those with the lowest incomes would be able to claim a qualifying means-tested benefit alongside Housing Benefit to cover their other living costs, which woul...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-14/189636
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1644667
- uk · wq-1644667 · source updated 23 June 2023