Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
2026-05-19 · Department for Work and Pensions · 3320 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was deducted from payments to claimants in the last year as a result of the social sector under occupancy deduction.
Answer
Information on the number of households subjected to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) and average RSRS amount is available on Stat-Xplore via the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit official statistics.