Housing Benefit – Parliamentary Written Answer

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2014, Official Report, column 652W, on housing benefit, whether local authorities will continue to decide on applications for reimbursement of service charging on adaptation following the full introduction of universal credit. 

Kris Hopkins: Decisions on charging for maintenance costs following housing adaptations funded by the disabled facilities grant are for local authorities. Those decisions will continue to be made by local authorities following the introduction of universal credit.