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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing (16 June 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the number of working private renters claiming housing benefit since 2009-10.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Answer

The number of working private renters claiming HB since 2010 has increased by 225,000 as the economy has continued to grow and people move from out of work benefits into employment. Evidence suggests that around a third of those who claim in-work HB cease to claim HB within twelve months.


Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
22 June 2015

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