Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
Commons · Question 111638 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Jeremy Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of money paid directly from housing benefit to private landlords in each region of England.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Feb 2026
Information on the average weekly amount of Housing Benefit paid to private landlords, by regions, is available on Stat-Xplore via the Housing Benefit official statistics (https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/). The information can be found in the Housing Benef...