Question follow-through · 33780

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of naming supported lodgings as specified accommodation under housing benefit regulations.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of naming supported lodgings as specified accommodation under housing benefit regulations.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    No such assessment is planned.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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