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<p>There has been no abolition of funding for local welfare schemes. From 2015/16
there was going to be no specific grant but we are looking again at how the funding
is provided in 2015/16. The Department for Work and Pensions are carrying out a review
into how the funds in 2013/14 have been used. I refer the noble Lady to the comments
of my noble Friend the Lord De Mauley of 25 January 2012 during the debate on the
Welfare Reform Act 2012. He said, “<em><em>Following the introduction of localised
assistance, the department has already made plans to conduct a review in 2014-15 to
obtain appropriate information from a representative cross-section of at least 50
local authorities, which represents one-third of the total, in order to help inform
future funding levels. We have committed to using this opportunity to gather further
information about the way in which local authorities have used the funding.”<br><br></em></em></p><p>I
refer the noble Lord to the consultation paper on local welfare provision published
by HM Government on 10 October 2014. I have placed a copy in the Library of the House.</p>
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