FOI Request - Crisis Grants and Community Care Grants
Request 101002533045
1. For the period 23 March 2020 to 22 June 2020 could you please provide:
a) The total number of applications for crisis grants received by the local authority.
b) Of these, the number which were for families with children.
c) The number of crisis grants awarded
d) Of those awarded, the number which were for families with children
e) The number of crisis grant applications refused
f) Of those refused, the number which were for families with children
g) In each of these categories, could you please provide the reasons for the applications - e.g. Food, clothing, household essentials, nappies and baby accessories/equipment, heating/energy, electrical products, damage to property or repairs, assistance with domestic abuse, any other reason [please state the reason]
2. Could you please provide the same information for the period 23 March 2019 to 22 June 2019
3. For the period 23 March 2020 to 22 June 2020 could you please provide:
a) The total number of applications for community care grants received by the local authority
b) Of these, the number which were for families with children
c) The number of community care grants awarded
d) Of those awarded, the number which were for families with children
e) The number of community care grant applications refused
f) Of those refused, the number which were for families with children
g) In each of these categories, could you please provide the reasons for the applications - e.g. Food, clothing, household essentials, nappies and baby accessories/equipment, heating/energy, electrical products, damage to property or repairs, assistance with domestic abuse, any other reason [please state the reason]
4. Could you please provide the same information for the period 23 March 2019 to June 2019
5. For the period 23 March 2020 to 22 June 2020, could you please provide:
a) The total number of applications for crisis grants and community care grants received where the applicant had been the subject of some form of sanction or disallowance from the DWP
b) Of these, the number which were for families with children
c) The number of these applications which were awarded
d) Of those awarded, the number which were for families with children
e) The number of these applications refused
f) Of those refused, the number which were for families with children
6. Could you please provide the same information for the period 23 March 2019 to June 2019
7. Could you please provide the total money paid out by the local authority in crisis grants and community care grants during the period 23 March 2020 to 22 June 2020
8. Could you please provide the total money paid out by the local authority in crisis grants and community care grants during the period 23 March 2019 to 22 June 2019
I would like to receive this information electronically, please.
For ease of collation, I’d be grateful if you please provide the information for each part of the request in the tables below.
If the cost of fulfilling this request nears or exceeds the financial limit set out under the legislation then I’d be very happy to discuss reducing its scope and would be grateful if we could do that well in advance of the end of the 20-working day response period.
Response 20-07-2020
For response to questions 1-4 and 7-8, and for brief comment on questions 5-6, please see completed form here. For figures in response to questions 5-6 please see supplementary document here.
Where there is a risk of identifying individuals from the information due to the low numbers of individuals involved (as marked by >5 to indicate a figure of less than 5), this information has been exempted from disclosure in accordance with Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Where a field has been marked 'Not Available' we can confirm in accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 that the requested information is not held.