Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as requested by Baroness Hollis of Heigham on 11 January (Official Report, col. 215), they will circulate to the Members of the House taking part in that debate a draft of the settlement letter which will accompany the transfer of funds from the Social Fund to local authorities.
Answer
A draft settlement letter will shortly appear on the Social Fund reform webpage hosted on Department for Work and Pensions' website. Further iterations of the draft and the final version will be subject to discussions with the Local Government Association and Department for Communities and Local Government. The final version will also be published on the website.