United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 28622
Discretionary Housing Payments: Care Leavers
Introduced
12 March 2020
Last action
17 March 2020 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Housing
Source updated
17 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide local authorities with updated guidance on awarding discretionary housing payments for care leavers until the shared accommodation rate exemption comes into force in 2023.
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Timeline
12 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide local authorities with updated guidance on awarding discretionary housing payments for care leavers until the shared accommodation rate exemption comes into force in 2023.
Source: Commons
17 March 2020
Answer
The Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) scheme is administered by Local Authorities (LAs) who have full discretion as to whether a claimant will receive a monetary award and set their own list of priorities.In order to support LAs to manage the allocati...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-12/28622
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1184583
- uk · wq-1184583 · source updated 17 March 2020