United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 28735
Universal Credit: Housing
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Introduced
12 March 2020
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23 March 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
23 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often her Department updates the housing element of universal credit to reflect changes in local market rents; what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the length of time between those update
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12 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often her Department updates the housing element of universal credit to reflect changes in local market rents; what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the length of time between those update
Source: Commons
23 March 2020
Answer
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates form part of the Universal Credit housing costs calculation for households in the private rented sector. This calculation is based on either the total amount of rent and service charges they pay, or the applicable LHA r...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-12/28735
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1184591
- uk · wq-1184591 · source updated 23 March 2020