Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 16 July 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to include foster children in the allocation of bedrooms to families that are claiming housing benefit.
There are no plans to include foster children in the allocation of bedrooms within housing benefit for private or social rented sector properties: We announced during passage of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 an additional £30 million to the Discretionary Housing Payment fund from 2013-14, which includes £5 million aimed specifically at foster carers where they have difficulty meeting any shortfall, in their housing benefit because of the introduction of size criteria into the social rented sector.
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