Freedom of Information request: Local Welfare Assistance Scheme (FOI-520)
Customer
Hello,
Please find attached an FOI from the New Policy Institute regarding your local authorities Local Welfare Assistance Scheme.
I would prefer if your response was delivered by email to ***@***.org.uk. However, I am happy to receive it by post to the address below if more convenient.
If you cannot gather all of the information requested above in the allocated time and cost, I would greatly appreciate that you prioritise responding to each question but for question 3 supply the information for 2017/18 only..
If for any reason you feel this request is unclear, please do not hesitate to contact me at ***. If you are not the appropriate authority for this request, or for part of it, please let me know as soon as is convenient.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Message from Hackney Council
Dear Mr ***
Re: Freedom of Information Request.
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received 13 July 2018. Your request has been considered and our response is in bold below.
You requested the following:
Local Welfare Assistance Scheme
I would like to request the following information relating to the local welfare support scheme which replaced the nationally administered social fund in April 2013.
If you cannot gather all of the information requested in the allocated time and cost, I would greatly appreciate that you prioritise responding to each question but for question 3 supply the information for 2017/18 only. I would appreciate if you could let me know if you do not have time to answer for the other years.
- Does your local authority have a Local Welfare Assistance Scheme in 2018/19? What is the budget for this?
The budget for Local Welfare Assistance in 2018/19 is £500,000
- Please give details of the qualifying conditions in 2018/19?
The scheme is open to all hackney residents with the exception of
- people under 16
- people who are subject to immigration control, including asylum seekers, people who have been refused leave to remain and those with no recourse to public funds
- people who have their daily living needs provided for them, i.e. a person in hospital or a care home, a prisoner, a member of a religious order, a person in relevant education, unless they are about to leave and return to the local community
- applications from full time students/student households will only be accepted in emergency cases and/or because of a disaster
- Please give details of the LWA scheme in each year that one has been running in the table below. Grants include the approximate value of any in-kind support excluding loans.
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2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
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Awards |
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Number of applications received |
1731 |
1948 |
1271 |
862 |
254 |
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Number of successful applications |
1208 |
1069 |
746 |
387 |
124 |
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Total value of grants/ in-kind support awarded |
£722’959.33 |
£569’464.50 |
£193’580.32 |
£88’252.19 |
£30’148.00 |
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Total value of loans |
0.000.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Please tell us the top 3 reasons for awards |
Resettlement Food & Utilities Other (Clothing & Travel) |
Resettlement Food & Utilities Other (Clothing & Travel) |
Resettlement Food & Utilities Other (Clothing & Travel) |
Resettlement Food & Utilities Other (Clothing & Travel) |
Resettlement Food & Utilities Other (Clothing & Travel) |
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Please tell us the top 3 reasons for refusals |
Undeclared income No links to Hackney No access to public funds |
Undeclared income No links to Hackney No access to public funds |
Undeclared income No links to Hackney No access to public funds |
Undeclared income No links to Hackney No access to public funds |
Undeclared income No links to Hackney No access to public funds |
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Age of recipient (successful applicants only) |
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Our system does not record the age of claimants in the age bands which have been requested. It only record the ages of claimants in the following age bands.
This is the only age data we are able to provide and is listed below: |
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16 to 35 |
404 |
363 |
246 |
132 |
42 |
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35 to 60 |
729 |
641 |
452 |
232 |
74 |
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Over 60 |
75 |
65 |
48 |
23 |
8 |
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Household type (successful applicants only) |
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Lone parent |
362 |
319 |
222 |
118 |
38 |
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Couple parents |
69 |
64 |
45 |
7 |
8 |
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Couple no children |
31 |
32 |
19 |
12 |
4 |
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Single woman no children |
291 |
251 |
177 |
98 |
31 |
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Single man no children |
455 |
403 |
283 |
152 |
43 |
We hope this fully answers your Freedom of Information Request. If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Information Management Team
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