| Heading: |
Housing Benefit: Temporary Accommodation |
| Question ID: |
1809563 |
| UIN: |
HL8091 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4340 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Cashman
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| Asking Member handle: |
mcashmanCBE
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mcashmanCBE
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the National Audit Office report The Effectiveness of Government in Tackling Homelessness, published on 23 July 2024, what plans they have to update the housing benefit subsidy regime for temporary accommodation |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
DWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is £500 per week in certain areas of London or £375 elsewhere. We recognise the financial pres... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |