Question follow-through · 121457
Local Housing Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze in Local Housing Allowance on levels of rough sleeping and homelessness in England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze in Local Housing Allowance on levels of rough sleeping and homelessness in England.
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2026
Answer published
The causes of rough sleeping and homelessness are multifaceted and are driven by a range of factors, both personal and structural. Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are annually reviewed, usually in the Autumn. At Autumn budget 2025, the Secretary of St...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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