Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by the Viscount Younger of Leckie on 9 March (HL5842), where the management information on the household support fund is published; and what steps they have taken to analyse this information.

The published management information for the Household Support Fund covering the period 6 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-management-information-6-october-2021-to-31-march-2022.

The information for the subsequent Household Support Fund schemes are the subject of an upcoming statistical release and will be released following the usual quality assurance.

In terms of analysing this information, The Government collects high level data on the types of households supported to ensure that funded activities are within the scope of the Fund’s guidance and uses this to inform the design of future schemes.