Question follow-through · 106209
Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are claiming housing benefits, either housing benefit or the housing element of Universal credit, in each Broad Market Rental Area (a) in total, (b) in the private rented sector and
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Housing Benefit and Universal Credit · 20 Jan 2026
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- Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing · 24 Feb 2026
- Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing · 24 Feb 2026
- Universal Credit: Housing Benefit · 16 Mar 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are claiming housing benefits, either housing benefit or the housing element of Universal credit, in each Broad Market Rental Area (a) in total, (b) in the private rented sector and
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2026
Answer published
Information on the number of households receiving the Universal Credit (UC) Housing Element in the Private Rented Sector by Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) is available on Stat-Xplore (https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/). Information on Housing Benefit (HB) ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Housing Benefit and Universal Credit
20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming (a) housing benefit and (b) the housing element of universal credit in each broad rental market area (BRMA) and what was the average amount claimed in each BRMA in 2025.
Social Security Benefits
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Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £6,156,284,000 spent on Programme Resource Outturn in A: Core Department in 2024-25.
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to SOPS 1.1. in the Department's 2020-21 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £2,402,602 in gross spend on Programme Resource Outturn in A: Operational Delivery in 2020-2
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to SOPS 1.1 in the Department's 2024-25 Annual Report, if she will publish a breakdown of the £1,030,869,000 in gross spend on Programme Resource Outturn in H: Other Benefits in 2024-25;
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of those claiming a) housing benefit and b) the UC housing element live in the social rented sector.
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of those living in i) all tenures and ii) the social rented sector have their rent a) partly and b) fully paid by either housing benefit or the housing element of UC.
Jobcentres: Sick Leave
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average number of Working Days Lost per staff year was in each jobcentre in the most recent year.
Universal Credit: Housing Benefit
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the housing element of UC in each region and local authority in 2025.
Universal Credit
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the households exempt from the Benefit Cap due to receipt of the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) element of Universal Credit, how many contain a second working age adult
Universal Credit: Deductions
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit households in the most recent quarter for which data is available are undergoing a third party deduction for the purpose of paying a court fine.
Personal Independence Payment
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47466, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants there are, broken down by (a) disability category and (b) health condition; and of those claimant