Question reference: S4W-18675
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 3 December 2013
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Current status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 13 December 2013
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many children in Scotland have been adversely impacted by the so-called bedroom tax.
Answer
The latest statistics released by the Department for Work and Pensions show that as at August 2013, 12,090 households with children had their benefits reduced as a result of the removal of the spare room subsidy or so-called bedroom tax.