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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing Benefit: Young People (26 January 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which categories of young people it is his policy will be exempt from the new restrictions to housing benefit eligibility.

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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