Housing Benefit: Single People
Commons · Question 90149 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Kerry McCarthy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 68072 on Housing Benefit: Supported Housing, what further discussions he has had with stakeholders on proposals to increase the Housing Benefit disrega
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 19 Nov 2025
We acknowledge there is a challenge arising from the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit, particularly for working age customers living in Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation. A wide range of customers currently receive rent...