questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of households in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit; how many of those households have rent that exceeds the local housing allowance rate; and whether he has made an estimate of the median gap between household rent and the local housing allowance in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales for the most recent period for which data is available.
answerText: The requested information is in the provided attachment. Government spends around £30bn annually on housing support. In addition, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased from April 2024 to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This will...
heading: Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing