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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-27more like thismore than 2019-06-27
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting care leavers under the age of 25 from the under-occupancy penalty in the social rented sector. more like this
tabling member constituency Birkenhead more like this
tabling member printed
Frank Field remove filter
uin 270290 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-02more like thismore than 2019-07-02
answer text <p>Care leavers up to the age of 22 are exempt from the Local Housing Allowance shared accommodation rate in the Private Rented Sector. There are no plans to extend this exemption or to introduce an exemption for care leavers to the removal of the spare room subsidy policy in the Social Rented Sector.</p><p>For those individuals who may require more support and whose circumstances may make it difficult for them to share accommodation, Discretionary Housing Payments are available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
grouped question UIN 270291 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-02T11:19:53.28Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-02T11:19:53.28Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead more like this