Temporary Accommodation: Costs
Commons · Question 45948 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cap on the amount councils can claim to meet temporary accommodation costs on local authority finances.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 28 Apr 2025
We continue to keep the rates used for Housing Benefit subsidy under review and are working closely with MHCLG and the Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping to explore the impacts of subsidy rates on local authorities.Any future decis...