Local Housing Allowance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21111 on Local Housing Allowance, what the overall increase in rental prices was in the period under consideration.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
The rental data referenced in the previous question was a combination of the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which was an increase of 8.4% as of September 2024, as well as rental data supplied by the Valuation Office Agency, Rent Officers Scotland, and Rent Officers Wales, which showed that the 30th percentile had on average increased by 8.6%, (comparing rental data 12 months to September 2023 with 12 months to September 2024).
Latest ONS Price Index of Private Rents official statistic: Private rent and house prices, UK - Office for National Statistics
Valuation Office Agency list of rents publication, which contains all rental market data collected for LHA in England: Local Housing Allowance List of Rents - GOV.UK
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