Question follow-through · 40883

Local Housing Allowance: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to amend local housing allowance rates to reflect actual rental market costs (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in other areas.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to amend local housing allowance rates to reflect actual rental market costs (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in other areas.

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed annually, usually at an Autumn fiscal event. Rates are set based on the area of the country a person lives and their bedroom entitlementThe Secretary of State’s decision at last year’s Autumn Budget to main...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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