Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50529, how much is being allocated for the bid process for contracts to deliver targeted relationship support from 2017-18 onwards.
A budget of £7.8m p.a. will be available for 2017-2018 and 2018-19
The budget may remain available in 2019-2020 to extend contracts for a further period, subject to the Department’s review process of the programme as a whole.