Question follow-through · 106266

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the annual budget that has been allocated for the introduction of new earned income disregards for Housing benefit claimants in supported housing.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
23 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the annual budget that has been allocated for the introduction of new earned income disregards for Housing benefit claimants in supported housing.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department's estimate of the Exchequer impact of the additional earned income disregards for Housing Benefit claimants resident in supported housing and temporary accommodation from 2026/27 to 2030/31 on Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) can be found...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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