1. How many households in Wokingham Borough are receiving either the housing element of Universal Credit or housing benefit, and how many of these receive it at the shared accommodation rate?
We currently have 1427 Housing Benefit claims. Of that number we have 14 that are assessed using the shared room rate of LHA.

2. How many households in Wokingham Borough received discretionary housing payment in the year to April 2026?
107 recipients

3. How many households in Wokingham Borough had their application for discretionary housing payment rejected in the year to April 2026, and if possible could you give the figures by month?
APR 25 X 1
MAY 25 X 9
JUN 25 X 13
JUL 25 X 11
AUG 25 X 11
SEP 25 X 13
OCT 25 X 9
NOV 25 X 16
DEC 25 X 15
JAN 26 X 15
FEB 26 X 4
MAR 26 X 20

4. Does Wokingham Borough Council have any official arrangements with other local authorities for housing each other’s homeless or threatened homeless?
No

5. Is Wokingham Borough Council liaising, in accordance with the guidance in https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/local-government-out-area-placements-guidance, with other local authorities such as Ealing who sometimes rehouse their constituents in the Wokingham area, or vice versa.
Wokingham Borough Council follow this guidance for any homelessness placements we make outside of our borough; we are not able to comment on other local authorities adherence to this guidance.