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tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
legislature › pref label	House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions%2C what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the cap on discretionary housing payments to enable local authorities to provide support to households affected by covid-19.

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05/05/2020

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Discretionary Housing Payments: Coronavirus

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the cap on discretionary housing payments to enable local authorities to provide support to households affected by covid-19.

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Weaver Vale

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Mike Amesbury

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is ministerial correction

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15/05/2020

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We have already provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payment(DHP) funding to Local Authorities to support vulnerable claimants with housing costs in the private and social rented sector in England and Wales for 2020/21. This includes an extra £40m as announced last year at the spending round. In addition to the central government contribution, Local Authorities in England and Wales are able to top up DHP funding up to a maximum of two and a half times this figure using their own funds.

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Colchester

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Will Quince

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15/05/2020 13:25:50

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label	Biography information for Will Quince

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label	Biography information for Mike Amesbury