Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the allocation of future local funding for the replacement for the discretionary social fund takes account of changing patterns of demand across all local authorities in England and the devolved Administrations, in addition to the ones included in the 2014–15 review of local authorities referred to during the report stage of the Welfare Reform Bill on 25 January (Official Report, col. 1073).
Answer
The allocation of future funding for local authorities to administer the scheme will be assessed and reviewed as part of the next Comprehensive Spending Review settlement. The findings of the 2014-15 review will be form a part of that assessment process.