PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance: Supported Housing (20 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants were also residents of supported housing in the last 12 months.
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Answer
The Department does not collect administrative data on the proportion of employment and support allowance claimants who were also residents in supported housing in the last 12 months.
The Government recently announced plans for a new flexible funding approach for supported housing. As part of this it has launched two consultations seeking views on the details of the models.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-supported-housing
Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
27 November 2017
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