Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have come before the Court of Appeal challenging the lawfulness of the under-occupancy penalty on the grounds of the effect of that policy on (a) victims of domestic violence and (b) seriously disabled children who need overnight care.

(a) One victim of domestic violence has challenged the removal of the spare room subsidy in the Court of Appeal.

(b) One challenge in the Court of Appeal from a case with a disabled child who requires overnight care from a non-resident carer.