Written questions

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

Commons · Question 53359 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 May 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Witherden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44809 on Local Housing Allowance: Wales, what (a) metrics, (b) data points and (c) analysis were used to assess the impact of Local Housing Allowance

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 27 May 2025

The impacts referenced in the previous answer were determined using a wide variety of metrics, data and analysis. These included:Current and past rental data supplied by the Valuation Office Agency, Rent Officers Scotland, and Rent Officers Wales;Analysis...