United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 202667
Discretionary Housing Payments
Introduced
26 June 2014
Last action
2 July 2014 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
Source updated
2 July 2014
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many councils in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland funded discretionary housing payments beyond the funds allocated to them by his Department in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
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26 June 2014
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many councils in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland funded discretionary housing payments beyond the funds allocated to them by his Department in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
Source: Commons
2 July 2014
Answer
In 2013/14, a) 85 (out of 326) English authorities, b) 15 (out of 27) Welsh authorities and c) 27 (out of 32) Scottish authorities spent more than the contribution provided by DWP towards Discretionary Housing Payments.Figures for 2014/15 will not be av...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-06-26/202667
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/64288
- uk · wq-64288 · source updated 2 July 2014