Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit
Commons · Question 86267 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze in temporary accommodation subsidy rates since 2011 on (a) local authority budgets and (b) the financial sustainability of homelessness
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 3 Nov 2025
The Department for Work and Pensions pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for Temporary Accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is the lowest of £500 per week in certain areas of London or ...