Local Housing Allowance: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · Question 49872 · Tabled 1 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 May 2025
Question
Asked by Margaret Mullane
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will remove the 2011 cap on Local Housing Allowance payable for temporary accommodation through the Housing Benefit Subsidy system.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 12 May 2025
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...