Written questions

Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance

Commons · Question 56268 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) local housing allowance and (b) housing support was provided to tenants in the private rented sector in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 10 Jun 2025

Information on how much the Department for Work and Pensions spent to support households a) in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) and in receipt of the Local Housing Allowance and b) in the PRS in general is published and the latest statistics can be found a...