Written questions

Social Rented Housing: Rents

Commons · Question 81036 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Coleman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help support tenants with the cost of rent in the social housing sector.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 20 Oct 2025

There is support through the social security system for low-income households living in the social rented sector which is paid through either the housing element of Universal Credit or through Housing Benefit. The level of housing support received is base...