Local Housing Allowance: South West
(asked on 22nd May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of rental accommodation is affordable to those receiving the maximum rate of local housing allowance in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West.
No assessment has been made of the adequacy of the level of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) compared with the cost of rented accommodation in Bristol.
The proportion of private market rents that are at or below the LHA rate are set out below. This is based on:
- 2019/20 LHA rates published here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020
- Valuation Office Agency data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents.
| Shared accommodation | 1 bedroom | 2 bedrooms | 3 bedrooms | 4 bedrooms |
Bristol | 8% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 10% |
South West | 12% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 15% |
Note: South West figures calculated as the average for the following Broad Rental Market Areas: Kernow West, North Cornwall & Devon Borders, Plymouth, South Devon, Exeter, North Devon, Mid & East Devon, Mid & West Dorset, Taunton & West Somerset, Yeovil, Weston-S-Mare, Mendip, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham, West Wiltshire, Swindon, Salisbury and Bournemouth.