Universal Credit: Support for Mortgage Interest

(asked on 28th January 2019) - 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 15 January 2019 to Question 207224 on Universal Credit: Support for Mortgage Interest, how much Support for Mortgage Interest has been (a) paid, (b) recouped and (c) left outstanding since April 2018.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 31st January 2019

Since April 2018 to January 2019, £21 million has been paid for Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans.

The amount of loans recouped and outstanding can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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