Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 on access to housing for veterans.

The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the welfare policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Act on 20^th July 2015. It set out its assessment of the impacts of the social rents policies in the Act on 28^th September 2015.

A link to the impact assessments is included:

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html