Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Acknowledged
Encourage using Crisis and Resilience fund for benefits take-up and assess advice sector capacity needs.
Recommendation
When the guidance is produced, it should encourage the use of the Crisis and Resilience fund for benefit take-up work. The Government should assess what more is needed to increase the advice sector capacity needed to support this work. (Recommendation, Paragraph 136)
Government Response Summary
The government recognizes the importance of benefit take-up and the advice sector, stating they are working on the Crisis and Resilience Fund's detailed design, including considering advice sector capacity, with guidance due by April 2026.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Crisis and Resilience Fund will enable local authorities to provide preventative support to communities in order to improve individuals’ financial resilience. The Government recognises the importance of maximising benefit take-up in preventing financial crisis and promoting resilience, and the role that the advice sector plays in achieving this. We are working closely with local authorities and stakeholders on the detailed design of the fund, including considering advice sector capacity. We plan to issue guidance as soon as possible ahead of the new scheme starting on 1 April 2026.