Question follow-through · 19649
Rented Housing: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the affordability of rented properties in Yeovil constituency for people who rely on Local Housing Allowance.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 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
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the affordability of rented properties in Yeovil constituency for people who rely on Local Housing Allowance.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum financial support available for renters in the private rented sector. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions reviewed Local Housing A...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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