AQW 639/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities when the Local Housing Allowance was last reviewed; and when it will next be reviewed.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 26 May 2022
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 26 May 2022
- Answer due by
- 14 June 2022
- Answered
- 23 June 202228 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In November 2021 the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced that the rates would be frozen at the rate determined for 2020/21 and would remain at this level in future years.
I wrote to Therese Coffrey, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on 4 February 2022 requesting that urgent consideration be given to increasing the rates.
I will continue to urge Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to reconsider and increase LHA rates.