Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the joint public letter from UK civil society organisations on the Household Support Fund, published on 6 February 2024, if he will publish a response.

The Treasury carefully considers all issues raised by stakeholders. The Government continues to keep all of its existing policies and programmes under review in the usual way.

The Government has provided £842m to Local Authorities in England to deliver the Household Support Fund in England over 2023-24, and provided over £2 billion for the Fund since October 2021. Over 10 million awards were given from the last extension of the Fund, between 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023.