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date	24/05/2022
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	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Skills Bootcamps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of extending the length of time those claiming legacy benefits can participate in a Skills Bootcamp in HGV driving to 16 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	8096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Through DWP Train and Progress Universal Credit claimants can access all full-time work-related training for up to 16 weeks. This includes Skills Bootcamps in the logistics sector and allows claimants to benefit from gaining key vocational skills, in all sectors where there is labour market demand.</p><p>We plan to review the impact of the 16-week extension on outcomes and will take a view as to whether we expand this flexibility to legacy benefit claimants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/06/2022 14:44:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1463215

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Household 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 steps she is taking to prevent councils running out of funding for the Household Support Fund before the end of September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	2600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>In England, £421 million is being provided to extend the Household Support Fund from 1 April to 30 September inclusive which will continue to help people who are struggling to afford energy and water bills, food, and other essentials.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities have been issued with the fund guidance and the accompanying grant determination for the extended funding. Local Authorities have discretion on exactly how this funding is used within the scope set out. It is for Local Authorities, using their local ties and knowledge, to design local schemes that best meet the needs of local people.</p><p> </p><p>The Household Support Fund extension is just one part of a wider package. We recognise the pressures on the costs of living and we are doing what we can to help, including spending £22 billion across the next financial year to support people.</p><p> </p><p>The government is continuing to monitor developments and the consequences for the cost of living and will be ready to take further steps if needed to support households.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/05/2022 15:43:32 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

223079

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the second report from the Work and Pensions Committee, Improving access to work for disabled people, HC481.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	224999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I will write to Dame Anne Begg MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, in early March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 26/02/2015 13:09:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett