United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23639
Local Housing Allowance
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Introduced
2 March 2020
Last action
5 March 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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Subjects
Housing
Source updated
5 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.
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2 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.
Source: Commons
5 March 2020
Answer
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is designed to ensure a fair balance between public spending and supporting vulnerable people to meet their housing costs. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas. Since 2011 we have provided over £1billion ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-02/23639
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1181981
- uk · wq-1181981 · source updated 5 March 2020