Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last four financial years.
Estimated savings for Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy were published at Budget 2013 as follows:
2013/14 - £465 million
2014/15 - £465 million
2015/16 - £465 million
2016/17 - £470 million
2017/18 - £470 million