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855762

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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 and what proportion of the Flexible Support Fund was unspent in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	131067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Budget</p></td><td><p>£99.9 m</p></td><td><p>£127.6 m</p></td><td><p>£178.8 m</p></td><td><p>£76.8 m</p></td><td><p>£51.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Transport</p></td><td><p>£13.4 m</p></td><td><p>£19.2 m</p></td><td><p>£20.2 m</p></td><td><p>£15.4 m</p></td><td><p>£13.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Childcare</p></td><td><p>£1.6 m</p></td><td><p>£1.8 m</p></td><td><p>£1.5 m</p></td><td><p>£1.6 m</p></td><td><p>£1.2 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Training</p></td><td><p>£15.5 m</p></td><td><p>£18.6 m</p></td><td><p>£10.6 m</p></td><td><p>£15.2 m</p></td><td><p>£8.4 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Other</p></td><td><p>£84.5 m</p></td><td><p>£70.6 m</p></td><td><p>£59.2 m</p></td><td><p>£26.1 m</p></td><td><p>£27.8 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£115.0 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£110.1 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£91.5 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£58.4 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£51.0 m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underspend</p></td><td><p>(£15.2m)</p></td><td><p>£17.5 m</p></td><td><p>£87.3 m</p></td><td><p>£18.4 m</p></td><td><p>£0.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underspend (%)</p></td><td><p>(15.2%)</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td><td><p>48.8%</p></td><td><p>24.0%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000, with negative values enclosed in brackets.</p><p> </p><p>The budget for the Flexible Support Fund is subject to annual review and change 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> </p><p>The level of expenditure reflects these changing policies and the level of claimant demand. In 2014/15 the Department received funding as part of the Spending Review 2013 in order to meet travel and childcare costs to facilitate additional support for claimants. However, the demand for this increased funding was limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 131066 question first answered 13/03/2018 16:29:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

686242

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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 universal credit claimants have received support through the Flexible Support Fund following changes to work allowances introduced in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	63527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/02/2017 16:21:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

669108

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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 and what proportion of the Flexible Support Fund was unspent in 2015-16; and how much of the 2016-17 allocation has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	58941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The budget allocated for Flexible Support Fund (FSF) in 15/16 was £69.5 million. Spend was £61.5 million, leaving an underspend of £8.4 million.</p><p> </p><p>The budget allocated for Flexible Support Fund (FSF) in 16/17 is £50 million. Spend was £31.5 million up to the end of November 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/01/2017 16:36:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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

178610

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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, how much was allocated by Jobcentre Plus district managers to local partnerships through the Flexible Support Fund in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2015 16:29:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

178614

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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, how much was spent from the Flexible Support Fund on supporting jobseekers to travel to job interviews in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2015 16:33:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms