Consultation outcome

Social Fund Budgeting Loans: improving the process

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 28 January 2015
• Last updated: 17 March 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Streamlining Social Fund Budgeting Loan processes: consultation response

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Detail of outcome

The response explains that we:

• have revised some of the practical processes based on the feedback
• intend that the regulations to enable the changes to be made will come into effect from summer 2015

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on a proposal to change how people get a decision when they apply for a Social Fund Budgeting Loan.

This consultation ran from
28 January 2015 to 4pm on 11 March 2015

Consultation description

If the proposal is accepted, we would phone applicants as soon as we’ve made a decision. They would be able to:

• accept the loan offer during the call – and receive confirmation by letter, or
• defer their decision until they receive a formal written offer by post

This change could reduce the time an applicant waits for payment by up to 10 days.

Documents

Streamlining Social Fund Budgeting Loan processes

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Published 28 January 2015
Last updated 17 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 17 March 2015

   Puiblished the consultation outcome.

2. 28 January 2015

   First published.