United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 88030
Local Housing Allowance
Introduced
15 November 2022
Last action
23 November 2022 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
23 November 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect the freeze on Local Housing Allowance on claimants during rising private sector rents.
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Timeline
15 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect the freeze on Local Housing Allowance on claimants during rising private sector rents.
Source: Commons
23 November 2022
Answer
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas. For Great Britain in May 2022, 55% of the households on LHA had rents higher than the LHA rates. For these households the average gap was £146 per month. In April 2020 LH...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-15/88030
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1542366
- uk · wq-1542366 · source updated 23 November 2022