Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the amount of savings accruing to the public purse through penalties incurred on housing benefit arising from the under occupancy penalty to date and (b) the amount pa

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1. 29 August 2014

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the amount of savings accruing to the public purse through penalties incurred on housing benefit arising from the under occupancy penalty to date and (b) the amount pa

   Source: Commons

2. 5 September 2014

   Answer

   a) The Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy is estimated to save around £500 million per year in 2013/14 and 2014/15.b) In 2013/14 total discretionary housing payment expenditure by local authorities across Great Britain was £176,393,889. This figure include...

   Source: Written answer

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