Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities his Department consulted in their review of local welfare assistance schemes.
We consulted all 150 local authorities that received funding. A questionnaire was sent to them. We received 106 replies. This was followed up with in-depth interviews with twelve local authorities from across the country. The “Local welfare provision review”, published on 5 November 2014, is available in the House Library, as well as on the Gov.uk website
Local welfare provision review - Publications - GOV.UK