AQW 14160/22-27

Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim

Tabled Date: 03/07/2024
Answered On Date: 06/08/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the amount spent by his Department on the uptake of the Universal Credit Contingency Fund in the last five years; and (ii) any associated underspend in the Universal Credit Contingency Fund budget over the same period.

Answer:

The Department publishes an annual report which details Discretionary Support performance and expenditure during each financial year. The annual reports can be accessed via the following website www.communities-ni.gov.uk/publications/welfare-supplementary-payments-discretionary-support-standards-advice-assistance-and-sanctions

There has been no underspend in the Universal Credit Contingency Fund budget in the last five years.