United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 60302
Housing Benefit: Rented Housing
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16 June 2025
Last action
24 June 2025 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
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24 June 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Housing Benefit recipients live in (a) private rented accommodation and (b) social housing.
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16 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Housing Benefit recipients live in (a) private rented accommodation and (b) social housing.
Source: Commons
24 June 2025
Answer
In 2023/24 financial year, 490,000 Housing Benefit claimants lived in private-rented accommodation. This accounted for 21% of all housing benefit claimants. In 2023/24 financial year, 1.9 million Housing Benefit claimants lived in social housing. This acc...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-16/60302
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1813107
- uk · wq-1813107 · source updated 24 June 2025