Question follow-through · 94169
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in relation to Housing Benefit being tapered at a faster rate than pay, what impact this has had on young people in supported accommodation; and whether he has evaluated the subsequent loss to the Exche
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Local Housing Allowance: Wales · 28 Apr 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in relation to Housing Benefit being tapered at a faster rate than pay, what impact this has had on young people in supported accommodation; and whether he has evaluated the subsequent loss to the Exche
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
There has been a longstanding work disincentive arising from the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for young people living in supported accommodation. The Autumn Budget 2025 included an announcement to introduce four new earned inco...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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