Question follow-through · 102245
Universal Credit: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action is being taken to simplify Universal Credit housing cost processes for vulnerable claimants and reduce waiting times.
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
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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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
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action is being taken to simplify Universal Credit housing cost processes for vulnerable claimants and reduce waiting times.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
Processes for declaring and verifying Universal Credit housing cost are designed to be simple and ensure timely and accurate payments. For Private Rented Sector (PRS) claimants, we ask for evidence of housing cost liability via secure upload, with alterna...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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