Question follow-through · 65851

Crisis and Resilience Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to allocate funding for furniture provision through the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
16 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to allocate funding for furniture provision through the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The new Crisis and Resilience Fund will be introduced from 1 April 2026. This represents the first ever multi-year settlement for locally delivered crisis support We will be working closely with local authorities and external stakeholders on the detailed ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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