Households to receive £15 food voucher: Find out here if you are eligible

Updated on October 4, 2022 at 5:36 PM

With the UK government having allocated millions to the Household Support Fund, here are the criteria to claim £15 food voucher offered by West Northamptonshire Council.

Many UK households to receive £15 food voucher: Find out here if you are eligible

As reported by Birmingham Mail, in a bid to ease the pressure of the soaring cost-of-living for struggling families in the coming colder months, the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) has provided a boost of £421 million in funding to the Household Support Fund.

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This was made available to local councils for redistribution on October 1, and the distribution would continue until March 31, 2023.

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£15 cash vouchers in West Northamptonshire Council

As reported by National World, different councils across the country would make their own decisions about how to spend this surplus fund. While some councils might make direct cash transfers, others might open up applications for people to be able to receive monetary aid.

For more information, you can visit this UK government website to find your council.

In West Northamptonshire Council, a slice of this massive injection of funds by Household Support Fund would be spent in the form of £15 cash vouchers, which can be used by households to pay for essentials and groceries.

Eligibility to receive the cash vouchers

According to the report, the £15 vouchers would be offered to those households in West Northamptonshire which have children. The monetary aid would help these homes pay for food and groceries during the October half term break.

Other specifics regarding eligibility as well as the logistics of the distribution have not been made clear yet. It is however reported that councils would be connecting with schools to ensure a proper distribution of the cash vouchers.

Sources used:

Birmingham Mail: ‘ DWP winter cost of living boost as extra 421m put into Household Support Fund’

National World: ' Household Support Fund: thousands of UK families to get £15 voucher for food in October - who is eligible?’

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