The Lord Bishop of St Albans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Lord Bishop of St Albans on 2014-05-06.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether data on the provision of discretionary housing payments by local authorities are collected centrally.

Lord Freud

The Department asks local authorities to provide data on their use of Discretionary Housing Payments on a twice yearly basis. Information regarding April to September 2013 can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268411/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-dec13.pdf

The Department is currently gathering and quality assuring information regarding end of year spend from local authorities for 2013/14

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