Question follow-through · 84089
Local Housing Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing local housing allowance rates on levels of homelessness in (a) rural and (b) other areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing local housing allowance rates on levels of homelessness in (a) rural and (b) other areas.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex; they interact dynamically making it very difficult to isolate the relative importance of individual factors. We do however work closely with other departments, including MHCLG, to ensure the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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