Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 94786

Crisis and Resilience Fund: Furniture Poverty

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Danny Beales

LabourUxbridge and South Ruislip

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the Crisis and Resilience Fund to encourage local authorities to provide essential furniture and white goods items to those living in furnitu

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
My Department has actively engaged with stakeholders on the design of the Crisis and Resilience Fund through a structured co-design process involving a representative group of local authorities, third-party organisations and academics. We are considering ...

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