Household Support Scheme
Case reference FOI2022/00313
Published 20 April 2022
Request
The questions relate to the Household Support Fund:
Q1. How much was the council allocated as part of the original Household Support Fund (intended to run from October 2021 to March 2022)
Q2. How much of this funding have you used so far (until March 25th 2022)?
Q3. Before new funding was announced on March 23rd 2022 as part of the Spring Statement, had you run out of funding for the scheme?
Q4. If so, when did this happen?
Q5. How is the funding being disseminated? E.g. in the form of grants, vouchers, given to other organisations, or put towards council schemes
Q6. What is the eligibility criteria for receiving the above?
Q7. If you are taking applications from individuals, e.g. for grants, vouchers and/or payments via the scheme, how many applications have you received up until today (March 25th 2022)?
Q8. How many of these have been:
a. Accepted?
b. Rejected?
c. Yet to be processed?
Q9. What is the average value of grants/vouchers/payments that have been awarded?
Response
Q1. £1,329,602
Q2. All of the funding has been allocated
Q3. No.
Q4. N/A.
Q5. As local supermarket vouchers to cover free schools meals during school holidays (October 2021 half term, Christmas 2021, February 2022 half term and Easter 2022), and Grants of £60 to assist with essential bills over the winter period.
Q6. Families entitled to free school meals and individuals in receipt of universal credit below the Free School Meal and/or Free Prescription thresholds.
Q7. 1,469 applications for the £60 Household Support Grant.
Q8.
Accepted - 1,145 grant payments of £60 each
Rejected - 324
Yet to be processed - None
Q9. £290 in supermarket vouchers for each eligible household.
£60 in grant payment for each eligible individual.
Documents
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