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tabling member › label	Biography information for Gareth Thomas
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
date tabled	2019-07-11

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11/07/2019

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Welfare Assistance Schemes

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will establish a nationally funded local welfare assistance scheme similar to the former Discretionary Social Fund; and if she will make a statement.

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Harrow West

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Gareth Thomas

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is ministerial correction

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19/07/2019

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<p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review this provision.</p>

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Reading West

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Alok Sharma

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19/07/2019 12:38:18

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label	Biography information for Gareth Thomas