An additional £842 million is available from 1st April 2023 to help the most vulnerable households across England with essential food and energy costs.
Department for Work and Pensions’ £842 million Household Support Fund extension comes into effect today
Extra money given to councils to provide further help to most in need with essential food and energy costs until 31 March
More than 8.9 million grants have been given to families to help with post-pandemic pressures through a fund set up to help the most vulnerable, new figures reveal.
8.9 million grants given to families in first round of Household Support Fund, new data shows
Local Authorities use government funding to help communities with innovative measures
Families of around 19,000 children in Devon have been sent supermarket vouchers, worth £570,000, to help them buy food over the upcoming Easter holiday .
It's thanks to the government's one-off 'Household Support Fund', which was given to councils to distribute. In the last year, we've invested Devon's £4.7 million share in providing nearly 140,000 supermarket vouchers for families...
Pensioners and families are set to benefit from the £500m extension to the Household Support Fund, as the government takes further steps to help with the rising cost of living.
From: Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
Published 31 March 2022
Household Support Fund doubled to £1 billion with £500 million of new funding, as government goes
Vulnerable households across the country will be able to access a new £500m support fund to help them with essentials over the coming months as the country continues its recovery from the pandemic.
From: Department for Work and Pensions , The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP , and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
£500m support available to help those most in need as we enter the final stages