Written questions

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...