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Household Support Fund allocation (£s) (17471) Metric type
- Help text
- This is the Household Support Fund allocation given to each unitary authority and county council by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The Household Support Fund is distributed by councils in England, to directly support those most in need, to help with significantly rising living costs.
In October 2021, an initial £500 million of funding was made available, of which £421 million was for English councils allocation, using the Barnett formula. The devolved administrations receive up to £79 million of the £500 million. £41 million for the Scottish Government, £25 million for the Welsh Government and £14 million for the Northern Ireland Executive. It will be for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate this additional funding. In April 2022, an additional £500 million of funding was made, with the same allocations, for the period up to 30 September 2022.
The grant is distributed through small payments to support vulnerable households, particularly those including children and pensioners, who would otherwise struggle to meet daily needs such as food, clothing, and essential utilities. A family or individual can be supported on multiple occasions throughout the lifetime of the scheme, should an Authority deem it to be necessary.
Authorities have the ability to deliver the scheme through a variety of routes including providing vouchers to households, making direct provision of food or goods, or issuing grants to third parties. Third party organisations may include but are not limited to: registered charities and voluntary organisations, schools, food banks, General Practitioners, and care organisations). Authorities must work together with District Councils to ensure the funding meets its objectives by identifying those most in need.
- Modified
- 27 May 2022
- Data last updated
- 03 Dec 2022
- Short label
- Household Support Fund allocation (£s)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 2
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- Allocation
- Dataset
- Allocation amount
- Collection
- Household Support Fund
- Source
- Department for Work and Pensions
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