Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the Household Support Fund beyond the 2023-24 financial year.

There are currently no plans to extend the Household Support Fund which runs to the end of March 2024. As with all policies, this is kept under continuous review.

We are proud that, the Household Support Fund has been used to support many households in need in England with the cost of essentials. For example, over 10 million awards were made between 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023.

The government continues to focus on the Prime Minister’s priority to halve inflation by the end of the year. Through the ambitious package announced at the Spring budget we are also delivering measures that are designed to support people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives.