Household Support Fund as of June 2022
Case reference FOI2022/00641
Published 16 June 2022
Request
Q1. Please state how much money, if any, has been distributed by your local authority from the Household Support Fund for vulnerable households since October 2021 up to and including June 2022.
Q2. Also provide the most recent available total (including the date of that total) of the amount of cash still available for disbursement in the local authority's Household Support Fund.
Q3. Please also state the number of local households, if any, who have benefited.
Q4. Also please provide information on the number of individual requests for assistance through the Fund that the council has received and the number of individual grants made.
The information provided should include the disbursement of/requests for any additional funds made available to the local authority as part of the March 2022 Spring Statement extension of the Household Support Fund.
Response
Q1. Please state how much money, if any, has been distributed by your local authority from the Household Support Fund for vulnerable households since October 2021 up to and including June 2022.
£1,329,602 for the period 6/10/21 - 31/3/22
Q2. Also provide the most recent available total (including the date of that total) of the amount of cash still available for disbursement in the local authority's Household Support Fund.
Herefordshire Council are currently deciding on how to use the latest funds of £1,329,601.78 that has been allocated for the period 1/4/22 - 30/9/22
Q3. Please also state the number of local households, if any, who have benefited.
18,033 households.
Q4. Also please provide information on the number of individual requests for assistance through the Fund that the council has received and the number of individual grants made.
1,469 requests made.
1,145 grants of £60 were paid to Household Support Grant applicants for the period 6/10/21 - 31/3/22.
Documents
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