Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
Commons · Question 106266 · Tabled 15 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the annual budget that has been allocated for the introduction of new earned income disregards for Housing benefit claimants in supported housing.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 23 Jan 2026
The Department's estimate of the Exchequer impact of the additional earned income disregards for Housing Benefit claimants resident in supported housing and temporary accommodation from 2026/27 to 2030/31 on Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) can be found...