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Personal Independence Payment: Local Housing Allowance

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 40673

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the potential impact of changes to Personal Independence Payments on under 35's who claim Local Housing Allowance at the 1 bedroom rate.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published here alongside the Spring Statement.

A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming months.

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