PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing Benefit (8 May 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of housing benefit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North West and (d) the United Kingdom.

Asked by:
Dame Angela Eagle (Labour)

Answer

With the completion of the rollout of Universal Credit in December 2018, new claims for HB are predominately for pensioners and are administered by Local Authorities.


Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
13 May 2024

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