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1183609

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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 5 March 2020 to Question 23566 on Local Housing Allowance, if she will publish her Department's equality impact assessment on its decision to uplift local housing allowance by 1.7 per cent.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	26801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department completed an equality analysis on its decision to uplift local housing allowance by 1.7 per cent which will be published on gov.uk in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/03/2020 13:22:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1182004

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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, whether her Department has carried out an equality impact assessment on its decision to uplift local housing allowance by 1.7 per cent.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	23566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State has considered the impact on her decision to uplift Local Housing Allowance rates by 1.7% on persons with protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/03/2020 14:30:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1180056

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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 percentile of local rents the maximum local housing allowance rate is for each (a) home size and (b) broad rental market area.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	19744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to COVID-19, this Department has increased Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents from April for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants, giving additional financial support for private renters.</p><p> </p><p>This means that 30% of properties in each broad rental market area (BRMA) in England, Scotland and Wales are within the LHA rate with the exception of 15 rates in central and inner London where the national maximum caps continue to apply. The national caps have also been increased and are now based on the Outer London LHA rate plus 20%.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of properties in central and inner London that are within the LHA rate are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>BRMA</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Room</p></td><td><p>1 Bed</p></td><td><p>2 Bed</p></td><td><p>3 Bed</p></td><td><p>4 Bed</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Central London</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>less than 5%</p></td><td><p>less than 5%</p></td><td><p>less than 5%</p></td><td><p>less than 5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Inner East London</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>15%-20%</p></td><td><p>25%-30%</p></td><td><p>15%-20%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Inner North London</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>15%-20%</p></td><td><p>20%-25%</p></td><td><p>15%-20%</p></td><td><p>20%-25%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Inner South East London</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Inner South West London</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>25%-30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>25%-30%</p></td><td><p>20%-25%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Inner West London</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>25%-30%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/05/2020 16:06:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 8965 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1144373

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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 assessment has been made of the affordability of (a) one and (b) two bedroom properties for Local Housing Allowance claimants in each region of England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	286083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of private market rents that are at or below the LHA rate for (a) one and (b) two bedroom accommodation for each region in England and Wales are set out below. This is based on:</p><ul><li>2019/20 LHA rates published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020</a></li></ul><ul><li>Valuation Office Agency data <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents</a></li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 Bed</p></td><td><p>2 Bed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorks &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/09/2019 15:43:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms