Social Rented Housing – Parliamentary Written Answer

Mr Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether a room of 70 square feet or less is classified as a bedroom for the purposes of the under-occupancy criteria.

Steve Webb: The size criteria rules for housing benefit have been successfully applied to tenants renting in the private sector since the 1990s. They will be extended to tenants renting in the social sector from April this year. Then, as now, classification of the size of the property will be a matter for individual landlords and their tenants.