Local Housing Allowance: Wales
Commons · Question 86698 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze on local housing allowance on levels of homelessness in Wales.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 4 Nov 2025
The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex; they interact dynamically making it very difficult to isolate the relative importance of individual factors. Responsibility for housing and homelessness is devolved to the Welsh Government, w...