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Dear Laila Devro

I am responding to your request for information about the Local authority
Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies received from
the government as part of its Covid support measures for communities.

1.           Can you please state

a.           the amount your local authority has received under the above
mentioned scheme,

ANSWER: £531,942.67

b.           when the money was received

ANSWER: 27/Jul/2020

and

c.           how much of it has been spent to date?

ANSWER: £531,942.67

If all of it has been spent, please

d.           can you state by what date the money had been spent?

ANSWER: 15/02/2021

If less than 51% of the money your local authority received from the
government in this scheme had been spent within 12 weeks of your authority
receiving it, can you

e.           please state why?

ANSWER:

The decision was made to award the funding across three separate themes:

•            £277K - grants to organisations supplying food boxes and food
deliveries (including food banks);

•            £105k - financial hardship support and advice; and

•            £150k - individual awards to private citizens for emergency
food or energy vouchers.

It was decided that at the time of receiving the funding there was as yet
unknown potential unknown demand that could come out of changes to
furlough support and as such the grants and awards were made in two
tranches: autumn and winter.

2.           Can you state how much of these funds that have been awarded
to private citizens who applied for emergency support was

a)           awarded to women ANSWER: £____/ ____% (of all grants awarded)

Answer: Data not collected. Optional question in application process.

b)           awarded to men ANSWER: £____ / ____ % (of all grants awarded)

Answer: Data not collected. Optional question in application process.

c)           awarded to single parents ANSWER: £____ / ____% (of all
grants awarded)

Answer: Data not collected.

d)           awarded to people with disabilities £____ / ____% (of all
grants awarded)

Answer: Data not collected.

3) Can you please state

a) how many applications in total your local authority received for
emergency grants from members of the public?

ANSWER:  3137

b) how many of these were successful?

ANSWER: 3014 /   96.1% (of all applications)

c) what the highest grant was worth you awarded overall?

ANSWER: £555

4) Can you please state how many people applied for assistance with

a)           food?

ANSWER: 1892

b)           energy?

ANSWER: 1298

c)           accommodation costs?

ANSWER: 0

d)           other?

ANSWER:  570  (Cash Awards)

With best wishes

Neil Irving

Assistant Director – Policy, Partnerships and Communities

North Yorkshire County Council

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