FOI Request - Discretionary Housing Payments

Request 101002664076

Please could you inform me of the following:

(i) The total number of discretionary housing payments made by your council over the period April-December 2020
(ii) The total number of discretionary housing payments made by your council over the period April-December 2020 made to (i) private renters (ii) social renters
(iii) If available, the total number of discretionary housing payments per month made by your council over the period April-December 2020
(iv) The total amount in cash terms in issued discretionary housing payments over the period April-December 2020

(v) The total number of discretionary housing payments made by your council over the period April 2019 - March 2020
(vi) The total number of discretionary housing payments made by your council over the period April 2019 - March 2020 made to (i) private renters (ii) social renters
(vii) If available, the total number of discretionary housing payments per month made by your council over the period April 2019 - March 2020
(viii) The total amount in cash terms issued discretionary housing payments over the period April 2019 - March 2020

For order to be able to analyse your answer, I would be very grateful if your response could be made in the following form:

(i) The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April-December 2020 [or insert other relevant period] is [XXX]
(ii) The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April -December 2020 [or insert other relevant period] made to (i) private renters was [X] (ii) social renters was [X]
(iii) If available, the total number of discretionary housing payments per month made by your council over the period April-December 2020 [or insert other relevant period] is [April: X, May: X, June: X, July: X, Aug: X, Sept: X, Oct: X, Nov: X, Dec: X]  [if not available, please answer n/a]
(iv) The total amount in cash terms issued in discretionary housing payments over the period April-December 2020 [or insert other relevant period] is £XXX

(v) The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April 2019 - March 2020  [or insert other relevant period] was [XXX]
(vi) The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April 2019 - March 2020 [or insert other relevant period]  made to (i) private renters was [X] (ii) social renters was [X]
(vii) If available, the total number of discretionary housing payments per month made by your council over the period April 2019 - March 2020 [or insert other relevant period] was [April: X, May: X, June: X, July: X, Aug: X, Sept: X, Oct: X, Nov: X, Dec: X] [if not available, please answer n/a]
(viii) The total amount in cash terms issued in discretionary housing payments over the period April 2019 - March 2020 [or insert other relevant period] was £XXX.

Response 27.01.21

(i)            The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April-December is 21642
(ii)           The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April -December 2020 made to (i) private renters was 2105 (ii) social renters was 19537
(iii)          If available, the total number of discretionary housing payments per month made by your council over the period April-December 2020 is April: 2443  May: 2619, June: 2293, July: 2493, Aug: 2415, Sept: 2625, Oct: 2750, Nov: 2373, Dec: 1631
(iv)         The total amount in cash terms issued in discretionary housing payments over the period April-December 2020 is £409,983.98

(v)          The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April 2019 - March 2020 was 25031
(vi)         The total number of discretionary housing payments made over the period April 2019 - March 2020 made to (i) private renters was 2525 (ii) social renters was 22506
(vii)        If available, the total number of discretionary housing payments per month made by your council over the period April 2019 - March 2020  was April: 2416,  May: 2489, June: 2011,  July: 1165, Aug: 2549, Sept: 1997, Oct: 2176, Nov: 2404, Dec: 1202,  Jan: 2607, Feb: 2186, Mar: 1829
(viii)       The total amount in cash terms issued in discretionary housing payments over the period April 2019 - March 2020 [or insert other relevant period] was £469,956.56.