Question follow-through · 101232

Local Housing Allowance: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to uprate the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
8 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to uprate the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed each year at Autumn Budget. In his Written Ministerial Statement following Autumn Budget, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions confirmed that LHA rates will remain at current levels in 2026/27. He c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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