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Impact of the changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget

In its first Budget, the Coalition Government made a number of announcements on changes to Housing Benefit, and in particular to Local Housing Allowance.

    Terms of reference and the call for evidence

    The Work and Pensions Committee announced that its second inquiry of the new Parliament will be into the impact of the changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget.The focus of the inquiry and information on how to submit evidence can be found in the terms of reference (pdf).

    Written evidence submitted for the inquiry (pdf) | HTML versions
    As part of its inquiry the Committee held the following evidence sessions:
    Wednesday 20 October 2010
    Witnesses: Cllr Lib Peck, Lambeth Housing Lead Member, London Councils, Nigel Minto, Head of Sustainable Communities, London Councils, and Cllr Mike Haines, Teignbridge District Council, Deputy Chairman of LGA’s Environment and Housing Board, Local Government Association 
    Wednesday 3 November 2010
    Witnesses: Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, Neil Couling, Benefit Strategy Director, and Paul Howarth, Divisional Manager, Housing Benefit Strategy Division, Department for Work and Pensions

News

Publications

Title Date published
4th Special Report - Changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010–11 | PDF version 4th Special Report - Changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010–11 (PDF) 10 March 2011
2nd report - Changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget | PDF version 2nd report - Changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget (PDF) 22 December 2010
2nd report - Changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget - additional written evidence | PDF version 2nd report - Changes to Housing Benefit announced in the June 2010 Budget - additional written evidence (PDF) 22 December 2010