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1700367

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to work coaches on the flexible work fund; and what steps he is taking to promote uptake of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	21254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department provides comprehensive guidance which is regularly updated to support our Work Coaches use of the Flexible Support Fund (FSF). We are currently reviewing our guidance to increase both usage and clarity of FSF.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have recently promoted the availability of FSF on Gov.uk specifically in relation to Upfront Child Care costs <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-childcare-costs" target="_blank">Universal Credit childcare costs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/04/2024 15:42:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1698073

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) planned spending is for and (b) expected number of beneficiaries are of the Flexible Support Fund in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	20041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>We do not hold any official estimate for the expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/04/2024 10:42:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1661000

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget for the Flexible Support Fund was in financial year 2022-23, and what estimated expenditure on that fund is for financial years (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	199739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The budget for the Flexible Support Fund in 2022-23 was £54.7m.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated expenditure for the Flexible Support Fund across the remaining Spending Review period is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2023-24 - £88.8m</p><p>2024-25 - £117.0m</p><p> </p><p>NB</p><ul><li>These figures include costs to support customers overcome barriers to employment such as training and childcare support.</li><li>These forecast figures are subject to revision and final costs will be subject to demand.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/10/2023 16:46:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1602462

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 155127 on the Flexible Support Fund, if he will provide further detail on what is funded in each of the categories (a) Partnerships, (b) Removing Barriers, (c) Training, (d) Childcare and (e) Other.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	161297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>a) Partnership’s expenditure is grant funding provided to partner organisations to help deliver DWP objectives. Partners are often local organisations with existing community stakeholder relationships.</p><p>b) Removing Barriers expenditure helps customers overcome barriers to secure job outcomes. This may include equipment to start work, clothing and travel cost support.</p><p>c) Training expenditure includes the cost of training courses to give customers the required skills to secure jobs or move closer to work. This may also include the cost of travel by the customer to the training course.</p><p>d) Childcare expenditure includes upfront childcare costs to cover the initial costs before the customer receives their first wage when starting work. This may also include support to customers on training courses.</p><p>e) Other expenditure includes the costs associated with customer work experience.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/03/2023 16:18:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1600054

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the correspondence from the Minister for Employment to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee relating to the Flexible Support Fund, dated 30 December 2021, if he will provide details of the Flexible Support Fund expenditure in each region in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	155126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The information has been published to the Work &amp; Pensions Select Committee for 2018/19 to 2021/22;</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/33935/documents/186029/default/" target="_blank">21/22 FSF Report</a></p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8501/documents/85901/default/" target="_blank">20/21 FSF Report</a></p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/4937/documents/49394/default/" target="_blank">19/20 FSF Report</a></p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-committees/work-and-pensions/Correspondence/2019-20/191010-Letter-from-Minister-for-Employment-re-UC-and-Childcare----expenditure-on-Flexible-Support-Fund-2019-10-10.pdf" target="_blank">18/19 FSF Report</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2017/18 financial year by region £’000;</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South</p></td><td><p>11,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3,661</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central &amp; Wales</p></td><td><p>8,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North</p></td><td><p>13,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>(434)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>36,945</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hyperion</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p>Negative value () relates to accounting adjustments between Regions.</p><p>The data provided in the above table forms part of the expenditure position reported within the DWP Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2017/18</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/03/2023 11:37:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1600055

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the correspondence from the Minister for Employment to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee relating to the Flexible Support Fund, dated 30 December 2021, if he will provide details of the Flexible Support Fund expenditure by category in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	155127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The information has been published to the Work &amp; Pensions Select Committee for 2018/19 to 2021/22;</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/33935/documents/186029/default/" target="_blank">21/22 FSF Report</a></p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8501/documents/85901/default/" target="_blank">20/21 FSF Report</a></p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/4937/documents/49394/default/" target="_blank">19/20 FSF Report</a></p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-committees/work-and-pensions/Correspondence/2019-20/191010-Letter-from-Minister-for-Employment-re-UC-and-Childcare----expenditure-on-Flexible-Support-Fund-2019-10-10.pdf" target="_blank">18/19 FSF Report</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2017/18 financial year by category £’000;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partnerships</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Removing Barriers</p></td><td><p>12,943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>14,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>2,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>36,945</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hyperion</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p>The data provided in the above table forms part of the expenditure position reported within the DWP Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/03/2023 11:50:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1588341

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total budget allocated for the Flexible Support Fund was in each of the five financial years up to 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	150490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The most recent completed allocations are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>88.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>37.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest £0.1m</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/02/2023 16:48:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1588349

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2023 to Question 142712 on the Flexible Support Fund, what information his Department holds on funding allocated through the Flexible Support Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	150491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Funding information for the Flexible Support Fund is held at Area level and not collated centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/02/2023 16:47:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1585250

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated through the Flexible Support Fund to each Job Centre District in the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	142712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/02/2023 16:58:56 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1585431

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awarded payments for (a) uniforms and (b) other clothing from the Flexible Support Fund in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	142713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/02/2023 17:00:17 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth