Recommendation 6

Whilst £1.5 billion for the Household Support Fund is welcome, we are concerned that there is no information available to indicate where this funding is going, The cost of living 37 and whether or not it is supporting the most vulnerable households effectively. Discretionary funding should not replace core funding. Where the Government continues to use discretionary funds, it should ensure councils are well supported to deliver the funding to the households who need it the most. We ask the Department to publish information on what local authorities have spent this funding on to date by the end of September 2022.