PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing Benefit: Young People (26 January 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish draft regulations on housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds.
Asked by:
Jess Phillips (Labour)
Asked by:
Jess Phillips (Labour)
Answer
Removal of automatic housing support for 18 – 21 year olds, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, will be introduced in April 2017. The Department is liaising with a range of key stakeholders as we develop the detail of the policy. Once this work has been completed we will bring forward detailed proposals.
Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
1 February 2016
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