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Written question asked by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) on Wednesday, 6 May 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 May 2020. It was answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 May 2020 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Social Security Benefits

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households currently have had their Housing Benefit or Universal Credit housing costs element reduced by (1) 14 per cent of the ‘eligible rent’ for one spare bedroom, and (2) 25 per cent of the ‘eligible rent’ for two or more spare bedrooms.

Answer

Figures on the number of households receiving Housing Benefit affected by the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy are publically available through the DWP Stat Xplore website:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml

Guidance for users is available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Figures on DWP Stat Xplore do not include claimants on Universal Credit with a Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy deduction, as this data is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4162
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Housing benefit Social security benefits Housing occupancy Universal credit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk