{"value":{"id":1865531,"askingMemberId":5310,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-12-17T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","uin":"101232","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to uprate the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":163,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed each year at Autumn Budget.</p><p> </p><p>In his Written Ministerial Statement following Autumn Budget, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions confirmed that LHA rates will remain at current levels in 2026/27. He considered a range of factors, such as rental levels across Great Britain and the challenging fiscal context.</p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-11-26/hcws1101\" target=\"_blank\">Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a></p><p> </p><p>For those renters who require additional support to meet a shortfall in rent costs, Discretionary Housing Payments are available from local authorities.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Local Housing Allowance: Uprating","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1865531","method":"GET"}]}