Housing Benefits (18 to 21-year-olds)
Debate between Caroline Nokes and Melanie Onn(7 years, 9 months ago)
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Caroline Nokes
The YMCA has been involved in the consultation process. As I believe I said at an event downstairs last night, it is always a trusted adviser that provides excellent advice and information. Absolutely: those with complex needs and mental health conditions will be exempt from this policy.
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby) (Lab)
Will the Minister tell me whether she has made any assessment of the impact of these changes on excellent small charities, such as Doorstep in my constituency, that help young people who find themselves unable to continue to live at home?
Caroline Nokes
I have received a great deal of information from and had roundtables with a number of providers and charities, including some of the smaller ones. We have been very clear: those for whom it is inappropriate to live at home will be exempt from this policy.