Question follow-through · 41702

Pensioners: Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support pensioners in receipt of Local Housing Allowance who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 26 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 28 Mar 2025
Answer: 3 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support pensioners in receipt of Local Housing Allowance who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum housing support for tenants (including pensioners) in the private rented sector. LHA rates are not intended to cover all rents in all areas. The increase to LHA rates in April 2024 cost an additiona...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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