Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
(asked on 16th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Housing Benefit was paid in respect of supported exempt accommodation in Birmingham in each of the last three financial years; and how much was (a) identified as overpaid and (b) recovered in each year.
Answered by
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
The Department estimates that expenditure on supported exempt accommodation through Housing Benefit in Birmingham for the last two financial years, 2024/25 and 2025/26 was:
Financial year | Birmingham HB supported exempt expenditure |
2024/25 | £ 379m |
2025/26 | £ 508m |
Robust data is not available for 2023/24.
Information is not readily available for part (a) on overpayments identified nor for (b) recoveries with respect to supported exempt accommodation.