To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of female-headed households which have had to relocate as a result of the under-occupancy penalty.

The information requested is not available.

A consortium has been commissioned to carry out a two year monitoring of the effects of the removal of the spare room subsidy measure across Great Britain. This consortium is led by Ipsos-MORI and includes the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research.

The evaluation is taking place over a two year period, starting from April 2013 with a final report published in late 2015. The evaluation includes research with claimants, social landlords, local authority staff and voluntary organisations.