questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Housing Benefit earnings disregard from £5 to £57 for young people.
answerText: It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
heading: Housing Benefit: Earnings Rules