The Department for Work and Pensions does not proactively gather data on the involvement of schools or GPs in the distribution of the Household Support Fund.<\/p>
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The Household Support Fund is a discretionary scheme allocated to Local Authorities to provide support those most in need towards the cost of essentials. It is for each local council to decide how to distribute their funding, within the parameters of the Fund\u2019s terms and conditions.<\/p>
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Authorities have the flexibility to design and deliver the scheme through a variety of routes and are encouraged, but not required, where necessary and appropriate to work with third parties, which could include schools and GPs among other groups.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-05-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "182876"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-05-03T09:22:48.453Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-04-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Household Support Fund"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to monitor the involvement of schools and GPs in the distribution of the Household Support Fund.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4368", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Neil Coyle"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bermondsey and Old Southwark"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Neil Coyle"} ], "uin" : "182875"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/993757", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/993757/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government\u2019s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, set out that £1.2 billion of funding would be available to be invested in measures to increase cycling and walking in England over the period to 2021. The estimated contributions from local authorities and local enterprise partnerships of funding allocated from central government funds during this period are detailed in the table below. No estimate has been made of the total contribution of locally generated funds from local authorities.<\/p>
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Since publication of the Strategy, additional funding streams have been made available to local authorities including the £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund, £220 million through the Clean Air Fund and £5 billion through the Housing Infrastructure Fund. The bidding processes for these new funds are still underway so allocations to cycling and walking are not yet known.<\/p>
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LA/LEP contributions <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Local Growth Fund<\/p><\/td> 476.41<\/sup> (597)2<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cycle Ambition Cities<\/p><\/td> 101<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Access Fund<\/p><\/td> 80<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Integrated Transport Block<\/p><\/td> 193.53<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Highways Maintenance Fund<\/p><\/td> 1964<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/sup><\/p> Note: table does not include central Government funding provided directly to Highways England and for the Bikeability programme.<\/p> <\/p> 1<\/sup>Based on figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in Jan 2016. 2<\/sup>Revised figure including final round of Local Growth Fund based on figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in spring 2018. 3<\/sup>Based on previous trends. 4<\/sup>Based on 9% formula weighting.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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