PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (29 March 2017)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last four financial years.

Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)

Answer

Estimated savings for Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy were published at Budget 2013 as follows:

2013/14 - £465 million

2014/15 - £465 million

2015/16 - £465 million

2016/17 - £470 million

2017/18 - £470 million


Answered by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
18 April 2017

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