Discretionary housing Payments (DHP)

Thank you for your recent request for information held by Isle of
Anglesey County Council. For your information, this is not an
automatically generated response.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004, we aim to respond to your
request within 20 working days. In some instances we may be unable to
achieve this deadline, in which case we will advise you of the likely
timescale within which the response will be provided.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for further advice or guidance
relating to the above.

Yours sincerely

Huw Pierce Pritchard

Corporate Information Officer
Isle of Anglesey County Council

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15/08/2010 11:08 >>>
Dear Isle of Anglesey Council,

Could you please list for me the criteria for getting DHP from
your
Council? I understand that this is Discretionary but would like
know the criteria.

Could you also list how many clients received DHP from April 2005
to April 2010?

Yours faithfully,

Miss K Williams

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Dear Miss Williams,

Further to your request of 15 August 2010 the information I am able to
provide is as follows -

We only hold information you requested since the implementation of a
new computer software system in January 2007.

Therefore, the number of clients receiving DHP's for specified periods,
from April 2005 to April 2010 is,

2005/2006 - information not available
2006/2007 - 16 clients (period January 2007 to March 2007 only,
information for April 2006 to December 2006 not
available)
2007/2008 - 54 clients
2008/2009 - 75 clients
2009/2010 - 105 clients.

Please see attached the Authority's DHP policy, application form,
financial statement and also guidance for Enquiry Officer visits carried
out under the policy.

If you are unhappy with the decision made to withhold information in
relation to your request, you may ask for an internal review. Please
address your correspondence tot he Customer Care Officer, Managing
Director's Department, Council Offices, Llangefni, Ynys Mon, LL77 7TW
(email: [email address]).

Yours sincerely,

Geraint Jones
Rheolwr Refeniws a Budd-daliadau
Revenues and Benefits Manager
Cyngor Sir Ynys Mon
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Ffon/Tel: 01248 752651

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