Written questions

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...