United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99223
Local Housing Allowance: Rents
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11 December 2025
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22 December 2025 · Answer
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Housing
Source updated
22 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the local housing allowance was last updated; and what estimate he has made of the difference between average rents at the time of the last update compared with the most recent available data.
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11 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the local housing allowance was last updated; and what estimate he has made of the difference between average rents at the time of the last update compared with the most recent available data.
Source: Commons
22 December 2025
Answer
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates were last updated in April 2024. The Office for National Statistics ‘Price Index of Private Rents’ (PIPR) provides monthly estimates for average rents in the whole private rental sector. PIPR data is available on the ON...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-11/99223
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1863237
- uk · wq-1863237 · source updated 22 December 2025