Question follow-through · 17857
Local Housing Allowance: Leicester South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of Local Housing Allowance on a) poverty b) homelessness among Universal Credit claimants in Leicester South.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of Local Housing Allowance on a) poverty b) homelessness among Universal Credit claimants in Leicester South.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions reviewed Local Housing Allowance (LHA) at the 2025 Autumn Budget and announced that rates would be maintained at their current levels for 2026/27. A range of factors, such as rent levels across the country and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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