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UIN 209262

Discretionary Housing Payments

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

Introduced

12 September 2014

Last action

13 October 2014 · Answer

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Answered

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Housing

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13 October 2014

Housing

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide longer-term discretionary housing payments to those affected by the extension of the shared accommodation rate who have not found suitable alternative accommodation to hel

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  1. 12 September 2014

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide longer-term discretionary housing payments to those affected by the extension of the shared accommodation rate who have not found suitable alternative accommodation to hel

    Source: Commons

  2. 13 October 2014

    Answer

    The start and end dates of a discretionary housing payment are decided by local authorities on a case by case basis. The Government has allocated extra funding in 2014/15 to give local authorities the confidence to make long-term awards in any cases wher...

    Source: Written answer

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