United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 58402
Local Housing Allowance
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18 October 2021
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21 October 2021 · Answer
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Housing
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21 October 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of local housing allowance (LHA) in payment; how many of those households have rents which exceed the local housing allowance rate; and of the latter households, what
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18 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of local housing allowance (LHA) in payment; how many of those households have rents which exceed the local housing allowance rate; and of the latter households, what
Source: Commons
21 October 2021
Answer
In May 2021 there were 1,896k households in receipt of LHA via Housing Benefit or Universal Credit in Great Britain. Of these, 982k had rents which exceeded the LHA and the median gap was £100/month. This breaks down as attached table. In response to Covi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-18/58402
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1360596
- uk · wq-1360596 · source updated 21 October 2021