Household Support Fund: MPs to question charities, policy experts and council leaders in one-off evidence session
The Work and Pensions Committee holds a one-off evidence session to explore the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund, which was set up in autumn 2021 to help vulnerable families with the cost of essentials during the final stages of the Covid pandemic.
MPs will hear from organisations with experience of delivering the fund, an academic view, and from representatives of local councils, which distribute the funding on behalf of the Government.
Meeting details
Following initial funding of £421million, the fund has been extended three times since it was established and is now due to run until the end of March next year in recognition of continued cost of living pressures.
Questioning in likely to focus on the fund’s design and delivery, how accessible it is for households and the experience and performance of local authorities in administering the money.