Question follow-through · 86267
Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze in temporary accommodation subsidy rates since 2011 on (a) local authority budgets and (b) the financial sustainability of homelessness
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze in temporary accommodation subsidy rates since 2011 on (a) local authority budgets and (b) the financial sustainability of homelessness
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for Temporary Accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is the lowest of £500 per week in certain areas of London or ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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