Thursday, 16 January 2014

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing – Parliamentary Written Answer

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what savings he expects to realise as a result of the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty in each year to 2015-16.

Esther McVey: The intention of this policy is to ensure fairer use of housing stock. The estimated savings in each year for the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy measure are £490 million in 2013-14, £525 million in 2014-15 and £560 million in 2015-16.

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