Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

“What recent progress her Department has made on allocating the Household Support Fund to local authorities”

Tabled: 26 May 2022Answered: 6 June 2022

Asked by

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative — West Worcestershire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Local Government and English Devolution (Jim McMahon)

In the final 2024-25 local government finance settlement, a £3 million grant was announced to assist local authorities experiencing significant pressures on their internal drainage board levy. I am publishing today the allocations of funding for 15 local authorities, and I can confirm that King’s Lynn and West Norfolk will receive an allocation of £254,000 from the levy. We are also working closely with our colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to explore options going forward for future allocations.