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Written Question

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Monday 31st March 2014

Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will amend the point at which housing benefit payments are halted or reduced when a claimant finds work to better take account of salaries that are paid in arrears.

Answered by Steve Webb

Provisions dealing with this issue already exist within the housing benefit regulations. A claimant who has been receiving a qualifying benefit* for 26 weeks or more will continue to receive housing benefit for four weeks after they start work. Further details can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236973/hbgm-c5-extended-payments.pdf

* The qualifying benefits are: Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement Allowance.

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