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Written question asked by Tony Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 December 2014. It was answered by Kris Hopkins (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.


Welfare Assistance Schemes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the responses to his Department's consultation on Local Welfare Provision 2015 to 2019 expressed a preference for each of options 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Answer

The Government received more than 5,000 responses to the consultation which are being considered, alongside the review by Department for Work and Pensions into existing provision. The Government will make a decision based on this analysis in time for the provisional local government finance settlement due shortly.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
216854
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Welfare assistance schemes
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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