Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has committed to the Local Support Services Framework for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

Where UC is already live, funding has been provided to reflect the type/level of Local Support Services that will be delivered with local authorities through individually tailored Delivery Partnership Agreements. This will continue to be the case as UC expands in North West England.

On 10 July 2014 we announced the 11 partnerships selected to take part in the formal trials to test the delivery of local support services through integrated delivery partnerships.

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/partnerships-for-delivery

The trials will help inform the level of local support required and what, if any, additional funding is needed.