Written question asked by Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 19 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 July 2019. It was answered by Rishi Sunak (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

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Crisis Loans

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department policies of (a) the March 2019 The Children’s Society report entitled Nowhere to turn and (B) the finding that since the devolution of crisis support in 2013, the number of people receiving crisis support from either national or local government has reduced by 75 per cent.

Answer

Local welfare provision was devolved to local authorities as the Government believes that they’re best place to understand local priorities.

The Government has made over £200 billion available to councils over this spending review to spend on local services including local welfare provision.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

279449

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Devolution Local government Crisis loans

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk