PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing Benefit: Foster Care (4 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foster carers are subject to the spare room subsidy in England and Wales.
Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)
Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)
Answer
The Removal of the Spare Subsidy (RSRS) policy allows one additional bedroom for approved foster carers, who have a child placed with them or are between placements. This is provided the period in which they don’t have a child or young person placed with them does not exceed 12 months.
Information on how many foster cares are subject to the spare room subsidy in England and Wales is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
10 February 2020
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