Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has allocated funds for the Troubled Families programme for (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
Sarah Newton
The Home Office has not allocated funding for the Troubled Families programme for 2016-17, 2017-18 or 2018-19.
From 2016/17 onwards, HM Treasury has baselined funding of the Troubled Families programme so it is deducted before Departments receive their allocations to avoid the need for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to approach Departments individually to ask for contributions.
Therefore, the Home Office no longer provides funding directly to DCLG for the Troubled Families programme.
