Grant funding for flood affected areas

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Dear South Lakeland District Council,

Please provide the following information in relation to flooded properties and the gant funding provided by central government, broken down by flooded year 2009 or 2015 and by name of the grant or fund
How many households and businesses flooded?
How many properties qualified for property resilience grants/repair and renew grants or any other government grant under any name?
How many grants have been paid out?
How many grants are still to be paid out?
How many collaborative applications have been received?
Details of the works carried out and the overall cost of each collaborative scheme?
What other measures were the funds provided used for?
Details of any other community level flood protection schemes and how they were funded?Details of any infrastructure level schemes and how they were funded?
Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Helen Marsh

Mountford, Paul, South Lakeland District Council

Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office until Monday
23rd October. Please contact my colleagues Emma Nichols (01539 793268),
Tom Dugdale (01539 793269) or John Davies (01539 793263) for anything
urgent.

FOI, South Lakeland District Council

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Environmental Information Regulations 2004 as appropriate.

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You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to
be withheld. I will write to you in any event.
 
Whilst it is the Council policy to provide information wherever possible,
I need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Exceptions under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.  These may prevent the Council from
releasing all or some of the information you have asked for.   You will,
however, be informed if this is the case and we will explain why.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Paul Mountford | Principal Performance & Intelligence Officer
South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street,
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Tel: 01539 733333
Email: [1][South Lakeland District Council request email] 
Website: [2]www.southlakeland.gov.uk  
 
 

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FOI, South Lakeland District Council

Hi Helen
 
We are in the process of dealing with your Freedom of Information request
and the team who deal with the information requested have asked for
clarification on what you mean by the following:

* collaborative applications’
* ‘collaborative scheme’
* ‘community level schemes’

 
Please could you confirm what you mean by these terms.
 
Once we receive the further information we can proceed with your request,
please note your request is on hold until we receive this.
 
Yours sincerely
Emma
 
Emma Nichols | Community Engagement Officer
South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street,
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Tel: 01539 733333 | Direct Tel: 01539 793268 | Email:
[1][South Lakeland District Council request email]
Website: [2]www.southlakeland.gov.uk
 
South Lakeland District Council Making South Lakeland the best place to
live, work and explore
 
 

Dear FOI,
Please find below response to your questions:

collaborative applications meaning where the applications were made on behalf of a group of properties
collaborative scheme meaning the works which were completed/proposed in these group applications
community level schemes meaning where flood resilience and or resistance measures were approved for works other than to specific properties (ie. not 'property level)

Yours sincerely,

Helen Marsh

FOI, South Lakeland District Council

Information Request
 
Thank you for your email.  This is to acknowledge receipt of your
request.  Your request will be handled by an officer who will respond
appropriately under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 as appropriate.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your request.

You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to
be withheld. I will write to you in any event.
 
Whilst it is the Council policy to provide information wherever possible,
I need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Exceptions under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.  These may prevent the Council from
releasing all or some of the information you have asked for.   You will,
however, be informed if this is the case and we will explain why.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Paul Mountford | Principal Performance & Intelligence Officer
South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street,
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Tel: 01539 733333
Email: [1][South Lakeland District Council request email] 
Website: [2]www.southlakeland.gov.uk  
 
 

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FOI, South Lakeland District Council

Hi Helen

Thank you for the further information, please note I'm not treating this as an internal review as we have not responded yet and it is not beyond the deadline.

Yours sincerely

Emma

Emma Nichols | Community Engagement Officer
South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Tel: 01539 733333 | Direct Tel: 01539 793268 | Email: [South Lakeland District Council request email]
Website: www.southlakeland.gov.uk

South Lakeland District Council Making South Lakeland the best place to live, work and explore

FOI, South Lakeland District Council

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Dear Helen,

 

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. You asked
the following:

 

·         Please provide the following information in relation to flooded
properties and the grant funding provided by central government, broken
down by flooded year 2009 or 2015 and by name of the grant or fund How
many households and businesses flooded?

·         How many properties qualified for property resilience
grants/repair and renew grants or any other government grant under any
name?

·         How many grants have been paid out?

·         How many grants are still to be paid out?

·         How many collaborative applications have been received?

·         Details of the works carried out and the overall cost of each
collaborative scheme?

·         What other measures were the funds provided used for?

·         Details of any other community level flood protection schemes
and how they were funded?

·         Details of any infrastructure level schemes and how they were
funded?

 

In accordance with your request please see the attached document.

 

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However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the
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for an Internal Review must be made in writing within 40 days of this
response. Should you wish to request a review, please email
[1][South Lakeland District Council request email] or write to Paul Mountford, Principal
Performance and Intelligence Officer at the address below. Our Internal
Review Process is available on our [2]website.

 

Should you remain dissatisfied following our internal review, you can
refer the matter directly to the Information Commissioner.

 

Further information is available from the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office,

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[3]www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Emma

Emma Nichols | Community Engagement Officer

South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street,
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ

Tel: 01539 733333 | Direct Tel: 01539 793268 | Email:
[4][South Lakeland District Council request email]

Website: [5]www.southlakeland.gov.uk

 

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