PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Local Government: Redundancy (10 January 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any redundancy notices will be given to local government staff due to the end of the Household Support Fund.

Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The current Household Support Fund runs from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, and the government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.

The Department for Work and Pensions guidance states that staffing costs are included in reasonable administrative spend for the duration of the current scheme. It is the responsibility of individual Local Authorities to appropriately manage their staffing arrangements.


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
16 January 2024

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