Local Government Welfare Responses to Children and Families who Have ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’

February 2013 – June 2015
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Overview

These two studies explore entitlements and exclusions to welfare benefits and public housing for children and families who, because of their immigration status, have restricted access to welfare state services. The larger study focuses on the policies and practices of local authorities in England and Wales whose duties include the operation of a safety net for destitute children and families who are excluded from mainstream welfare support. The aim of the research is to establish an authoritative evidence base on such local authority support provision to this group, to explore variations in policy and practice, and to inform future policy and practice at national and local levels. The research is complemented by a smaller, comparative study, published in September 2014, which explores how local authorities and NGOs respond to the needs of destitute children and families who have restricted access to welfare benefits and public housing in two cities in Spain and Germany: Madrid and Berlin.

Principal Investigator

Sarah Spencer

Researchers

Jonathan Price

Funding

Nuffield Foundation
At Home in Europe Programme
Open Society Foundations (OSF)