Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities have contacted her department since 1 April 2022 to request additional funding from the Household Support Fund.
The Household Support Fund has allocated funding totalling over £1.2bn to the 152 Upper Tier Local Authorities in England.
Since 1 April 2022, two Local Authorities have formally written to the Department requesting additional funding from the Household Support Fund.