PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Covid-19 Hardship Fund (19 March 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the allocation of the covid-19 hardship fund to local authorities will take into account levels of deprivation.
Asked by:
Judith Cummins (Labour)
Asked by:
Judith Cummins (Labour)
Answer
The Government will provide English councils with £500 million to support financially vulnerable residents, and expects that most of the funding will be used to provide additional council tax relief.
Further guidance is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-covid-19-hardship-fund-2020-to-2021-guidance .
Answered by:
Sir Simon Clarke (Conservative)
24 March 2020
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