Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of whether the local housing allowance rates are keeping pace with increasing rents in the private sector.

Local Housing Allowance rates are monitored against the 30^th percentile of local rents which are collected by the Rent Services in England, Scotland and Wales. The Rent Services publish the 30^th percentile data and the Local Housing Allowance rates each year on their respective websites.