Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106777, if he will carry out an assessment of the effect of the freezing of the rate of local housing allowance on the rate at which housing benefit recipients (a) fall into rent arrears and (b) become homeless.

There are many factors that contribute to a claimant falling into arrears or becoming homeless. DWP has no plans to carry out such an assessment.