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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by John Leech (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Thursday, 27 November 2014 on behalf of the Women and Equalities.


Under-occupancy Penalty (Disabled People)

Question

I was going to ask exactly the same question as the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone). Will the Minister name and shame all local authorities that are failing to provide discretionary housing benefit for people who are being penalised as a result of their disability?

Answer

We do have records of the amount of money that the Government make available to local authorities. In the interests of transparency, I will put in the Library details of the money made available by the Government and the extent to which local authorities take up that generous allocation of funding.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
588 c1072 
Session
2014-15
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2015-0042
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Disability Housing benefit Social rented housing
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk