Written questions

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

Commons · Question 44809 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Witherden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not uprating local housing allowance rates on homelessness in Wales.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 Apr 2025

The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex, they interact dynamically making it very difficult to isolate the relative importance of individual factors. Responsibility for housing and homelessness is devolved to the Welsh Government, w...