Question follow-through · 103909
Local Housing Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates in 2026–2027 on low-income renters; and when he plans to review Local Housing Allowance rates.
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
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 6 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
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates in 2026–2027 on low-income renters; and when he plans to review Local Housing Allowance rates.
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2026
Answer published
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are annually reviewed at Autumn Budget.In his Written Statement following Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions confirmed that LHA rates will remain at current levels in 2026/2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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