Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v WT and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: [2019] UKUT 372 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by JudgeWikeley on 25 November 2019.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 15 January 2020

• Categories: Housing and council tax benefits
• Sub-categories: Housing and council tax benefits - other, Housing and council tax benefits - rent restrictions
• Judges: Wikeley, N
• Decision date: 25 November 2019

Read the full decision in CH/784/2017.

Judicial Summary

Housing benefit - “bedroom tax” - whether room could accommodate a bed and so properly classified as a bedroom - Nelson criteria - Court of Appeal’s decision in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Hockley and Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council considered.

Published 15 January 2020