Question follow-through · 16352
Universal Credit: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans to introduce a mechanism enabling landlords to recover unpaid rent where Universal Credit housing costs have been paid to claimants but not passed on to the landlord.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans to introduce a mechanism enabling landlords to recover unpaid rent where Universal Credit housing costs have been paid to claimants but not passed on to the landlord.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2026
Answer published
Such a mechanism is already in place. If a customer has a rent arrears of two months or more, for the accommodation they are currently occupying, a landlord may request a deduction from the customer’s Universal Credit.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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