Discretionary Housing Payments
(asked on 13th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Question 139255 on Discretionary Housing Payments, if she will commission research on the potential impact of the reduction in funding for Discretionary Housing Payments from £140 million in 2021-22 to £100 million in 2022-23 on the number of tenants who will be able to receive support when experiencing a shortfall between the rent they owe and the Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance they receive.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 22nd June 2022
There are no plans to commission research on funding for Discretionary Housing Payments.