Local Welfare Scheme

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Dear Gloucestershire County Council,

Please can you let me know the following information relating to you Local Welfare Assistance Scheme:

1) How much your council spent on your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and how much of this was issued in grants.
2) Your budget for your Local Welfare Local Welfare Assistance Scheme for 2020/21 as at 01 April 2020 and details of any additional funding which has been made available to your scheme subsequently to support through the Covid-19 situation.
3) The name(s) of the organisation who currently hold the contract to deliver your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme.
4) What does your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme offer grants for e.g. White Goods, Furniture, Supermarket Vouchers, Fuel Vouchers etc.
5) Is there any support available through your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme in addition to the distribution of grants, and if so what?

Many Thanks

Yours faithfully,

Dave Jones

Gloucestershire CC, Gloucestershire County Council

Information request
Our reference: 19154633

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Dear ‎Mr Jones‏
 
Request for Information (Reference: 19154633 )
 
Thank you for your request for information, received on 25 September 2020.
 
Request summary:
1) How much your council spent on your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme in
2018/19 and 2019/20 and how much of this was issued in grants.
2) Your budget for your Local Welfare Local Welfare Assistance Scheme for
2020/21 as at 01 April 2020 and details of any additional funding which
has been made available to your scheme subsequently to support through the
Covid-19 situation.
3) The name(s) of the organisation who currently hold the contract to
deliver your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme.
4) What does your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme offer grants for e.g.
White Goods, Furniture, Supermarket Vouchers, Fuel Vouchers etc.
5) Is there any support available through your Local Welfare Assistance
Scheme in addition to the distribution of grants, and if so what?
 
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Yours sincerely

Request Support Assistant
Information Management Services

01452 324000

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Information request
Our reference: 19154633

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Dear Mr Jones
 
On  25 September 2020 : you submitted a request under the Freedom of
Information Act asking the following: [INSERT REQUEST]

1) How much your council spent on your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme in
2018/19 and 2019/20 and how much of this was issued in grants.
2) Your budget for your Local Welfare Local Welfare Assistance Scheme for
2020/21 as at 01 April 2020 and details of any additional funding which
has been made available to your scheme subsequently to support through the
Covid-19 situation.
3) The name(s) of the organisation who currently hold the contract to
deliver your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme.
4) What does your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme offer grants for e.g.
White Goods, Furniture, Supermarket Vouchers, Fuel Vouchers etc.
5) Is there any support available through your Local Welfare Assistance
Scheme in addition to the distribution of grants, and if so what?

[IF CLARIFICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED ADD IN THE NEW QUESTIONS BEING
ANSWERED]

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 s1, I can confirm that
Gloucestershire County Council does hold relevant information.
 
Please find this information attached.

Gloucestershire County Council has not withheld any information in
relation to this request under the exemptions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FoIA)

The full procedure is on our website [1]here..

If you are unhappy with my response, you can complain or ask for a review
of your request by writing to us within 40 working days of receiving this
response. The full procedure is on our website at [delete as appropriate]
[2]http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/datapr...
[3]http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/foi. This should be addressed to:
 
Shire Hall
Westgate Street
Gloucester
GL1 2TG
[email address]

Yours sincerely
Stephen Taylor
Information Requests Officer
Information Management Service

01452 324000

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