Household Support Fund
Commons · Question 25735 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her policy to allow Household Support Fund allocations to be used by local authorities to purchase (a) slow cookers and (b) kettles.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 29 Jan 2025
In England, the Household Support Fund is a scheme providing discretionary support to those most in need towards the cost of essentials, such as food, energy and water and to support with essentials linked to these for example, energy efficient items whic...