Question follow-through · 18278
Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of homelessness among Universal Credit claimants since Local Housing Allowance was last uprated.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of homelessness among Universal Credit claimants since Local Housing Allowance was last uprated.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex and they interact dynamically DWP continues to work closely with MHCLG on interactions with homelessness. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions reviewed Local Housing Allowance (LHA) at...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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