Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
Commons · Question 72599 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by John Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to the housing benefit taper rate on the number of young people in supported accommodation entering employment.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 5 Sep 2025
It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...