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Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

Asked by Freddie van MierloLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 23 January 2026UIN 106266

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the annual budget that has been allocated for the introduction of new earned income disregards for Housing benefit claimants in supported housing.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department's estimate of the Exchequer impact of the additional earned income disregards for Housing Benefit claimants resident in supported housing and temporary accommodation from 2026/27 to 2030/31 on Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) can be found in the published Autumn Budget 2025 policy costings here: Budget_2025-Policy_Costings.pdf

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