A question on #HouseholdSupportFund tabled by Tom Morrison on 30-06-2025 has been answered by Alison McGovern.

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
Asking Member handle: thomasmorrison
Asking Member Twitter reference: @thomasmorrison
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
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Date answered: 2025-07-08
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4083
Answering Member display name: Alison McGovern
Answering Member handle: Alison_McGovern
Answering Member Twitter reference: @Alison_McGovern
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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...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true