Local authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like some information about the Local authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies your local authority has received from the government as part of its Covid support measures for communities.
If you could answer the following questions by filling in the attached form I'd be most grateful.
1) Can you please state
a) the amount your local authority has received under the above mentioned scheme, ANSWER: £________
b) when the money was received, ANSWER: _dd/mm/jjj_
and
c) how much of it has been spent to date? ANSWER: _£___________
If all of it has been spent, please
d) can you state by what date the money had been spent? ANSWER: __dd/mm/jjjj__
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: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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)
b) awarded to men ANSWER: £____ / ____ % (of all grants awarded)
b) awarded to single parents ANSWER: £____ / ____% (of all grants awarded)
c) awarded to people with disabilities £____ / ____% (of all grants awarded)
3) Can you please state
a) how many applications in total your local authority received for emergency grants from members of the public? ANSWER: _____
b) how many of these were successful? ANSWER: _____ / _____% (of all applications)
c) what the highest grant was worth you awarded overall? ANSWER: £______
4) Can you please state how many people applied for assistance with
a) food? ANSWER: ____
b) energy? ANSWER: _____
c) accommodation costs? ANSWER: _____
d) other? ANSWER: _____
Yours faithfully,
Laila Devro
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Dear Laila Devro
RE: Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies
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Dear Laila Devro
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your information request received on 18/02/2021. This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that Brent Council holds the information you have requested.
You requested the following information:
I would like some information about the Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies your local authority has received from the government as part of its Covid support measures for communities.
If you could answer the following questions by filling in the attached form I'd be most grateful.
(Welfare Support Grant)
Can you please state
1)
a) the amount your local authority has received under the above mentioned scheme, ANSWER: £423,366.10.
b) when the money was received, ANSWER: 24/07/2020 and
c) how much of it has been spent to date? ANSWER: £423,366.10 If all of it has been spent, please
d) can you state by what date the money had been spent? ANSWER: 31/08/2020
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:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) Can you state how much of these funds that have been awarded to private citizens who applied for emergency support was There was no grant that people had to apply for during lockdown 1
a) awarded to women ANSWER: £____/ ____% (of all grants awarded)
b) awarded to men ANSWER: £____ / ____ % (of all grants awarded)
b) awarded to single parents ANSWER: £____ / ____% (of all grants awarded)
c) awarded to people with disabilities £____ / ____% (of all grants awarded)
3) Can you please state There was no grant that people had to apply for during lockdown 1
a) how many applications in total your local authority received for emergency grants from members of the public? ANSWER: _____
b) how many of these were successful? ANSWER: _____ / _____% (of all applications)
c) what the highest grant was worth you awarded overall? ANSWER: £______
4) Can you please state how many people applied for assistance with During lockdown anyone that approached the Council for help with food from March to Mid May received a food parcel there was no application process. Mid May to August there was an assessment of needs carried out and those who still needed help with accessing food were provided with food parcels
a) food? ANSWER: 6076
b) energy? ANSWER: This did not exist in lockdown 1
c) accommodation costs? ANSWER: -Number of RSF apps requesting help with rent received: 1664
-Number of RSF apps requesting help with mortgage received: 85
d) other? ANSWER: _____
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I will now close your request as of the date of this letter.
Yours sincerely
Dorothy Watson
FOI and Complaints Investigation Officer
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