United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3080
Local Housing Allowance
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Introduced
22 November 2023
Last action
27 November 2023 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Subjects
Housing
Source updated
27 November 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the local housing allowance to the 50th percentile of local market rents.
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22 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the local housing allowance to the 50th percentile of local market rents.
Source: Commons
27 November 2023
Answer
The Secretary of State has committed to review LHA rates annually and has just completed his review for 2024/25 rates. From April 2024 we are investing £1.2 billion increasing Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. Thi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-22/3080
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1672255
- uk · wq-1672255 · source updated 27 November 2023