Heading: |
Household Support Fund |
Question ID: |
1817982 |
UIN: |
63946 |
House: |
Commons |
Date tabled: |
2025-06-30 |
Asking Member ID: |
5090 |
Asking Member display name: |
Tom Morrison
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Asking Member handle: |
thomasmorrison
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@thomasmorrison
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of decreases in levels of spending welfare on the capacity of the Household Support Fund. |
Is named day: |
false |
Date of holding answer: |
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Date answered: |
2025-07-08 |
Date answer corrected: |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
4083 |
Answering Member display name: |
Alison McGovern
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Answering Member handle: |
Alison_McGovern
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Alison_McGovern
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Correcting Member ID: |
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Correcting Member display name: |
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Correcting Member handle: |
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Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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Answer text: |
Social security spending is forecast to increase. We are providing £742 million in England to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) by a further year, from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026. And we secured the first ever multi-year settlement for the HSF... |
Original answer text: |
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Comparable answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
29 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
Tweeted: |
true |