Local authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies

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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

Freedom Info, Kirklees Borough Council

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Kirklees Council, Governance Service
Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for Freedom of Information)

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Freedom Info, Kirklees Borough Council

Dear Ms Devro

 

23651 - Local authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential
Supplies

 

I am writing in response to your request dated 18 February 2021.  This has
been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

May I first of all apologise for the delay in responding to your request.

 

You asked for information about the Local authority Emergency Assistance
Grant for Food and Essential Supplies the Council has received from the
government as part of its Covid support measures for communities.

 

The Council’s response to your specific questions is set out below:

 

 1. Can you please state

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

£551,350.34

 b. when the money was received

10 July 2020

and

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

£551,350.34

If all of it has been spent, please

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

31 October 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?

Not applicable

 

 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)
 c. awarded to single parents ANSWER: £____ / ____% (of all grants
awarded)
 d. awarded to people with disabilities £____ / ____% (of all grants
awarded)

 

The Council does not hold the information requested.

 

 3. Can you please state

 a. how many applications in total your local authority received for
emergency grants from members of the public?
 b. how many of these were successful? ANSWER: _____ / _____% (of all
applications)
 c. what the highest grant was worth you awarded overall?  ANSWER: £______

 

The Council does not hold the information requested.

 

 4. Can you please state how many people applied for assistance with – No
not held

 a. food? ANSWER: ____
 b. energy? ANSWER: _____
 c. accommodation costs? ANSWER: _____
 d. other? ANSWER: _____

 

The Council does not hold the information requested.

 

For context, the money was distributed in many different ways in
conjunction with our voluntary sector partners and in order to make that
as efficient and responsive as possible the Council did not impose an
information requirement upon those organisations that would mean the
Council could analyse any such information to provide this level of data.

 

If you are not content with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review.  Requests for internal reviews should
be submitted within 2 months of the date of receipt of the response to
your original request and should be addressed to the Monitoring Officer,
1^st Floor, Civic Centre 3, Market Street, Huddersfield HD1 2EY. 
Alternatively, you can send an email to:
[1][email address]. 

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of any review you have the right
under section 50 of the 2000 Act to apply to the Information Commissioner
for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt
with in accordance with the requirements of the Act.  The Information
Commissioner’s website is at [2]www.ico.org.uk and gives more information
about the role and duties of the Commissioner.  The ICO telephone helpline
on 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 is available between 9am and 5pm, Monday
to Friday.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Lindsay Foody

Principal Information Governance Officer

 

Information Governance Team

Kirklees Council, Governance Service

 

Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for
Freedom of Information)

 

For more information about how we deal with your personal data, please see
the [3]Kirklees Council privacy notice

 

 

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