Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capping increases to social housing rents at 5 percent in the 2023-24 financial year on poverty rates among occupants of social housing.

On 31 August, the Government launched a consultation on whether to implement a lower ceiling cap on social housing rent increases. Alongside that, the Government published an impact assessment. The consultation closed on 12 October. The Government is carefully considering the responses and will publish a response later this year.