Universal Credit: Rented Housing

(asked on 17th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of universal credit in private and housing association accommodation who have received a (a) threat of eviction or (b) court summons since the introduction that benefit.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 24th January 2018

As these are matters between tenants and landlords and not directly related to the provision of benefits, the Department can collect data on from its systems.

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