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1485097

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 and of 13 June 2022 to Question 16823 on Local Housing Allowance, if she will place a copy of the data tracking average shortfalls between Local Housing Allowance rates and tenant’s actual rents by (a) Government Office Region, (b) Broad Rental Market Area and (c) number of bedrooms in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	28374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>A copy of the data requested has been placed in the House of Commons’ Library. This data includes average monthly shortfalls for households in receipt of Housing Benefit or the Universal Credit Housing Element for the latest month where data is available, which for both is February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/07/2022 14:32:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 11095 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1469628

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 on Local Housing Allowance, what the source is of the data being collected on the proportion of private rented sector tenants facing a shortfall between the rent they owe their landlord and the Local Housing Allowance they are eligible to receive.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	16822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Data on rents and how they relate to the Local Housing Allowance are collected via the Single Housing Benefit Extract and Universal Credit administrative systems.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/06/2022 15:08:32 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1469629

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 on Local Housing Allowance, whether her Department is collecting data on the prevalence and size of shortfalls experienced by Local Housing Allowance claimants by (a) Government Office Region, (b) Broad Rental Market Area and (c) the size of property.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	16823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department has data on Local Housing Allowance by region and Broad Rental Market Area. There is also some data on size of property, in that for most households on Local Housing Allowance data is collected on the number of bedrooms.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/06/2022 14:50:36 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1469634

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 243314 on Local Housing Allowance: Greater London, if she will place a copy in the Library of any ranking exercise of Broad Rental Market Areas to determine their divergence from actual rent levels in any of the last three years carried out by (a) her Department and (b) the Valuation Agency Office.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	16825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken a ranking exercise of Broad Rental Market Areas in the last three years. The Local Housing Allowance was raised to the 30th percentile of market rents in April 2020 and that level has been maintained in April 2021 and April 2022</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>While the Valuation Office Agency is not part of the Department, we are not aware of any ranking exercise that it has carried out.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/06/2022 14:54:22 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1467772

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of tenants are eligible for Shared Accommodation Local Housing Allowance and reside in a one-bedroom in each local authority in Wales in the latest period for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	13262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/06/2022 10:20:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 7154 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1465050

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 35 of the equalities impact assessment for the Government’s decision to freeze Local Housing Allowance rates in 2021-22, if she will place the data her Department collected in respect of the second bullet point, which states that we will monitor the proportion of LHA claimants with shortfalls and the amounts of those shortfalls, in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	6683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>As stated in the Equality Analysis, the department collects data which enables the calculation of the proportion of LHA claimants with shortfalls and the amounts of these shortfalls. Shortfalls relate to the value of a household’s rent which exceeds the Local Housing Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Since the production of the Equality Analysis, we have monitored these two metrics as provided below for each quarter of data since. Shortfall Prevalence relates to the proportion of LHA households which have a shortfall. Average Monthly Shortfalls relate to the mean average amount of monthly shortfalls for LHA households. Both are at the Great Britain level for households in receipt of Housing Benefit and the Universal Credit Housing Element.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Shortfall Prevalence</strong></p></td><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>Feb-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average Monthly Shortfalls</strong></p></td><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>Feb-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td><td><p>£146</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td><td><p>£147</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/05/2022 16:48:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1464043

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent evaluation her Department has made of the accuracy of the mechanism used to calculate the Local Housing Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	4712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State reviews Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates annually. LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas.</p><p>In April 2020 investment in LHA rates was boosted by nearly £1 billion when rates were set at the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of market rents, providing 1.5 million claimants with an average £600 more housing support in 2020/21 than they would otherwise have received. Rates have been maintained at their increased 2020 levels so that claimants continue to benefit from the significant increase.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/05/2022 16:25:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1463748

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to raise Local Housing Allowance in line with rent rates.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	3760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for 2022/23 will be maintained at the elevated cash rates agreed for 2020/21 ensuring that claimants who benefitted from the increased levels of housing support continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will review LHA rates annually in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available. Since 2011 we have provided nearly £1.5 billion in funding for DHPs.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 23/05/2022 16:41:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1463163

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she mas made of the potential merits of increasing the Local Housing Allowance in line with the increase in the cost of rents.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	2376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made.</p><p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates determine the maximum housing support available to claimants in the private rented sector. They are not intended to cover all rents in all areas.</p><p>In April 2020 investment in LHA rates was boosted by nearly £1 billion, providing 1.5 million claimants with an average £600 more housing support in 2020/21 than they would otherwise have received. Rates have been maintained at their increased 2020 levels so that claimants continue to benefit from the significant increase.</p><p>The Secretary of State will review the rates annually in the usual way.</p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available. Since 2011 we have provided nearly £1.5 billion in funding for DHPs.</p><p>LHA rates vary by geographical regions called broad rental market areas. The boundaries of the broad rental market areas in Wales are determined and kept under review by Rent Officers Wales. If they decide that a boundary should change, they can submit a review to the Secretary of State for consideration.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 2380 question first answered 19/05/2022 15:28:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1463169

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) England who are only eligible for the Shared Accommodation Local Housing Allowance rate reside in one-bedroom homes.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	2377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>As of November 2021, the information requested is available for people in receipt of Housing Benefit, as follows:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of people entitled to SAR living in a 1-bedroom property</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>12,322</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p>The information requested is not readily available for people in receipt of Universal Credit Housing Element.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/05/2022 16:14:39 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams