Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle the 12 hour work issue for people in temporary accommodation.

Housing Benefit can be paid to people both in and out of work, with income tapers applying as earnings increase. From 5 October 2026, the Department introduced new earned income disregards for working-age Housing Benefit claimants living in Temporary Accommodation and Supported Housing, as announced at Autumn Budget 2025. The new disregards remove the cliff edge arising from the interaction of universal credit and Housing Benefit so that claimants are better off if they take up work or increase their hours.