United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 203739
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
Introduced
2 July 2014
Last action
7 July 2014 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
7 July 2014
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty on (a) the total housing benefit bill, (b) overcrowding, (c) homelessness and (d) housing mobility.
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2 July 2014
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty on (a) the total housing benefit bill, (b) overcrowding, (c) homelessness and (d) housing mobility.
Source: Commons
7 July 2014
Answer
(a) The housing benefit bill was expected to rise above £25 billion in 2014/15 (£15 billion for the social rented sector alone) prior to the introduction of the removal of the spare room subsidy. The Department estimated the policy would achieve savin...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-07-02/203739
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/65595
- uk · wq-65595 · source updated 7 July 2014