Question follow-through · 25112
Social Security Benefits: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of young people in supported housing becoming worse off when entering i
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Local Housing Allowance: Older People · 27 Apr 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of young people in supported housing becoming worse off when entering i
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
The income taper in Housing Benefit ensures people in work are better off than someone wholly reliant on benefits. In addition to any financial advantage, there are important non-financial benefits of working. These benefits include learning new skills, i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Housing Allowance: Older People
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he has assessed the potential impact of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance on levels of poverty among older private renters.