PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Welfare Assistance Schemes (3 December 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of funding for Local Welfare Assistance schemes.
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent)
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent)
Answer
The consultation on how local welfare provision should be funded in 2015/16 closed on 21 November. Government is analysing the responses alongside the Department for Work and Pensions’ review of current provision The Government will make a decision based on this analysis in time for the provisional local government finance settlement due shortly.
Answered by:
Kris Hopkins (Conservative)
9 December 2014
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