Social Rented Housing: Housing Benefit

(asked on 27th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average reduction in benefits was for claimants subject to the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last three financial years.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 4th May 2016

The average weekly reduction for claimants subject to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy for each of the last three financial years was as follows:

  • £14.42 in 2013/14;
  • £14.92 in 2014/15; and
  • £15.25 in 2015/16.
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