FOI003014 FOI Communities/Revenue and Benefits

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to kindly request information relating to your allocation of tranche seven of the Household Support Fund.

Please see our list of questions attached, and pasted below:

1.    Please provide us with a copy of the management information return you are required to provide to the DWP for Tranche Seven of the Household Support Fund.

2.    Please provide a breakdown of how tranche seven was spent:

(a)    Targeted Grants (by targeted grants we mean any direct grants/proactive support given to households that did not need to be applied)

(b)    Free School Meal Holiday Vouchers

(c)    Direct applications to the scheme (this means the amount that was open to application, but not through your local welfare assistance scheme)

(d)    Local Welfare Assistance Scheme

(e)    Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations

(f)    Advice Services

(g)    Other (please clarify)

3.    
(a)    If you accepted applications to this fund how many did you receive?

(b)    How many applications were successful?

4.    Excluding funding given to local welfare schemes or third-party organisations;
(a)    Excluding funding given to local welfare schemes or third-party organisations, how much of the HSF did you spend on helping people with furniture and appliances?

5.    For tranche seven how much did you spend on:
(a)    Vouchers
(b)    Cash awards
(c)    Third party organisations
(d)    In kind support
(e)    Other

If you provide in kind support, what percentage would you estimate is spent on furniture and white goods?

Of the funds given to third party organisations, how much was given to organisations who provide furniture, white goods and furnishings?

6.    Please provide us with a copy of your Crisis and Resilience Fund delivery plan that you are required to provide to the DWP for Year One of the CRF.

7.    Do you plan on using the Crisis and Resilience Fund on furniture and appliance provision?

8.    If you plan to use the Crisis and Resilience for furniture and appliance provision, please tick the boxes below to show which furniture/appliance types you will provide and whether these are new or preloved or whether you will be providing cash or vouchers for these items

    Cash    Voucher    Item - New    Item -Preloved/second hand
Cooker                
Fridge                
Freezer                
Fridge Freezer                
Washing Machine                
Sofa                
Bed                
Wardrobe                
Chest of drawers                
Table and chairs                
Flooring – carpets or lino                
Window coverings – curtains or blinds                

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