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 on claimants of jobseeker's allowance who have their entitlement stopped and subsequently lose their entitlement to housing benefit.

Housing Benefit can continue to be paid on the grounds of low income if a claimant loses their entitlement to Jobseeker’s Allowance. Therefore, the Department has not undertaken any assessment of the effect of losing Jobseeker’s Allowance on Housing Benefit claimants.