Household Support Fund
(asked on 8th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund for supporting low income families.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Household Support Fund has provided additional support for households who have needed extra help to meet cost of living pressures. The Department for Work and Pensions requires that Local Authorities provide management information returns detailing their expenditure.
For the Household Support Fund, the returns record the Local Authority’s grant allocation, spend and volume of awards made in relation to food, energy and water bills, wider essentials and housing costs.
This information, for the scheme running 6 October 2021- 31 March 2022, will be published shortly, and will be considered during future policy making.
Management Information for previous discretionary welfare funds is published online and can be found here: COVID Local Support Grant management information; COVID Winter Grant management information.