Homelessness

House of Lords written question – answered at on 26 April 2011.

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Photo of Lord Tope Lord Tope Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on homelessness of the extension of the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit to single claimants aged between 25 and 34.

Photo of Lord Freud Lord Freud The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The information required to carry out this assessment is not available. Within the next month we will publish an equality impact assessment for the shared accommodation rate changes, but it will not contain an estimate of the impact on homelessness.

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