Written question asked by Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Freud (Conservative) on Monday, 26 March 2012.

Discretionary Social Fund

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the allocation of future local funding for the replacement for the discretionary social fund takes account of changing patterns of demand across all local authorities in England and the devolved Administrations, in addition to the ones included in the 2014–15 review of local authorities referred to during the report stage of the Welfare Reform Bill on 25 January (Official Report, col. 1073).

Answer: The allocation of future funding for local authorities to administer the scheme will be assessed and reviewed as part of the next Comprehensive Spending Review settlement. The findings of the 2014-15 review will be form a part of that assessment process.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 16552; 736 c201WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Welfare Reform Bill
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Proceeding contributions
House of Lords
Subjects: Local government finance Social Fund
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk