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1138132

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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 applications for funding from the Flexible Support Fund have been received for up-front childcare costs in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those applications have been (a) paid in full, (b) paid in part and (c) refused.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	275816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a format that can be easily disaggregated and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/07/2019 14:14:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

91333

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Flexible Support Fund in supporting older jobseekers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	208757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has not conducted any specific evaluation work on the use of Flexible Support Fund for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 13:09:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

522719

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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 Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35354, for what reasons the correspondence does not inform claimants of the availability of the Flexible Support Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	39122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the correspondence was to notify the claimants who may be affected of the changes to the work allowances and to highlight the work coach as the primary source of additional support.</p><p> </p><p>As the Flexible Support Fund is accessed at the discretion of the work coach and is based on individual claimant need, it was not explicitly referred to in the letter.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 09:00:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522721

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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, for what reasons the allocation for the Flexible Support Fund is lower in 2016-17 than in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	39120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The budget for Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is subject to annual review and change. This is based on claimant needs and volumes, and as new policies are agreed and old policies are withdrawn. As discretionary expenditure it is also dependent upon overall Departmental affordability.</p><p>The FSF budget has actually increased between 2015/16 and 2016/17. In 2015/16 it was £69.5m. It is £76.7m for 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 12:49:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

515474

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	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 8 February 2016 to Question 26246, what funding his Department has allocated to the Flexible Support Fund in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	35261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Flexible Support Fund allocation for 2016-17 is £64m. This figure is subject to change throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 15:19:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

451389

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	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 funding his Department has allocated to the Flexible Support Fund for each year of the present Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	26246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The allocation for FSF for 2015/16 is £69.0m. The allocation for FSF for the rest of this parliament has not been agreed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/02/2016 13:21:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

424694

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	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 budget was allocated to the Flexible Support Fund in the most recent financial year for which data is available; and how much of that budget remained unspent.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	13804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The budget allocated for Flexible Support Fund in 14/15 was £136m [excluding the support contract which was a further £20m]. Spend was £72m, leaving an underspend of £64m</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/11/2015 13:20:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

90570

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	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 has been spent on the Flexible Support Fund in each region of the UK in each year since it was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure on Flexible Support Fund (FSF) since it was introduced in each year is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2011/2012</td><td>£70.2m</td></tr><tr><td>2012/2013</td><td>£125.0m</td></tr><tr><td>2013/2014</td><td>£106.2m</td></tr></tbody></table><p>2014/2015: This information is not currently for release as the data is subject to audit and change.</p><p>The FSF expenditure is only captured at a National level, not across UK Regions, this information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/09/2014 12:07:26 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 18989 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1378437

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	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 parents have been granted payments through the Flexible Support Fund to pay for (a) the full upfront cost of childcare or (b) part of those costs when they entered employment in England and Wales in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	75064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is fully committed to supporting parents moving into work and improving their earnings once employed. Universal Credit pays up to 85% of childcare costs for working parents, compared to 70% in legacy benefits, and childcare costs can be claimed up to a month before starting a job.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where people need to pay for childcare upfront, prior to starting work, Work Coaches may be able to use the Flexible Support Fund for eligible claimants to meet these costs until their first wage is received. Budgeting advances are also available to eligible claimants who require help with upfront costs, for example when altering hours worked or changing childcare providers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/11/2021 17:59:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1286303

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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 expenditure was allocated from the Flexible Support Fund in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK on (i) childcare and (ii) other categories of activity in (A) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	153350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Flexible Support Fund – Budget allocations (£m)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total figure shown is the allocation for England, Scotland &amp; Wales.</p><p>Source : Hyperion</p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest £0.1m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Eligibility criteria is the same in all areas however Fair Start Scotland, Scottish Governments employability programme, may impact on expenditure. There are also other competing programmes with significant investment in Scotland which may impact on expenditure, as customers would not be eligible for FSF whilst participating on other programmes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Flexible Support Fund – Expenditure breakdown (£’000)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partnerships</p></td><td><p>(15)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Removing Barriers</p></td><td><p>1,517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>1,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare *</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,896</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hyperion</p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p>Negative numbers are in () and may reflect accounting adjustments.</p><p>* Childcare is only reported as a separate category from October 2019. Childcare expenditure between April 19 – September 19 cannot be separately identified and is reported within the Removing Barriers category.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2021 12:07:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden