Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Marcus Jones and Kate Green

Monday 28th November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)]

Does the Minister accept that the report shows that although this was purportedly designed around the payment by results model, it was no such thing? Local authorities simply delivered the number of families for which there was funding. What do the Government intend to learn from the failure to design an effective contract? How will they ensure that in future taxpayers’ money is well spent?

[Mr Jones]

As I said in my previous answer, we are confident that a significant number of families have benefited from the programme, but the new programme will be subject to a more robust evaluation, particularly of its cost-effectiveness.