United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3485
Discretionary Housing Payments: Wales
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Introduced
17 May 2022
Last action
23 May 2022 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
23 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of changes to Local Housing Allowance on the amount spent in (a) Gwynedd and (b) Wales on Discretionary Housing Payments.
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17 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of changes to Local Housing Allowance on the amount spent in (a) Gwynedd and (b) Wales on Discretionary Housing Payments.
Source: Commons
23 May 2022
Answer
No such assessment has been made. In April 2020 investment in LHA rates was boosted by nearly £1 billion, providing 1.5 million claimants who rent privately with an average £600 more housing support in 2020/21 than they would otherwise have received. Rate...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-17/3485
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1463679
- uk · wq-1463679 · source updated 23 May 2022