PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance: Supported Housing (20 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of residents of supported housing claim Employment and Support Allowance.
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Answer
The Department does not collect administrative data on the number and proportion of supported housing residents that also claim Employment and Support Allowance.
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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