PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pension Credit: Park Homes (18 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the impact of excluding pitch fees from pension credit applications on park home residents.

Asked by:
Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative)

No such discussions have taken place.

Pitch fees can usually be met through Housing Benefit. In cases where there is a tenancy of over 21 years, then the pitch fees are not eligible for Housing Benefit but instead may be met by the housing cost element in Pension Credit, subject to the usual Pension Credit eligibility rules.

Answered by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
24 October 2024