Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 14 March 2013.
Maria Eagle
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what impact assessments have been completed by his Department on the effects of the non-categorisation of supported lodging schemes as exempt accommodation under universal credit regulations.
Steve Webb
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
None. The treatment of housing costs in respect of supported accommodation in universal credit is not different from that in housing benefit. The definition of supported exempt accommodation in universal credit remains the same as that in housing benefit.
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