Question follow-through · 76064
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to make work pay for young people in supported accommodation.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to make work pay for young people in supported accommodation.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
We acknowledge there is a challenge arising from the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit, particularly for working age customers living in supported and temporary accommodation. This issue is a complex one, and eradicating the financi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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