Welfare Fund

Dear Sir/madam

I acknowledge receipt of your request which is receiving attention.

I shall contact you again when I am in a position to respond more fully to
your request.

Yours sincerely

Angelene Kirkpatrick

For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

North Lanarkshire Council

Civic Centre

Windmillhill Street

Motherwell

ML1 1AB

Working from home

Please contact via email

From: Leaona Strain <[FOI #1200516 email]>
Sent: 08 November 2024 09:50
To: FOI Request <[North Lanarkshire Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Welfare Fund

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Dear North Lanarkshire Council,

I am requesting the following information regarding the Social Welfare Fund;

The number of requests made to the fund due to problematic Universal Credit claims?

The amount of money paid to claimant's, from the fund? Both figure and percentage of total budget.

Yours faithfully,

Leaona Strain

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Dear Ms Strain

I refer again to your e-mail dated 8 November 2024 seeking information
under the Freedom of Information.

Your request is receiving attention, however, in order to take this
forward, please by way of clarification can you please provide a timeframe
of the information you require i.e  data for the last 6 months?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Angelene Kirkpatrick

For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

North Lanarkshire Council

Civic Centre

Windmillhill Street

Motherwell

ML1 1AB

Working from home

Please contact via email

From: Angelene Kirkpatrick
Sent: 11 November 2024 07:59
To: Leaona Strain <[1][FOI #1200516 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Welfare Fund

Dear Sir/madam

I acknowledge receipt of your request which is receiving attention.

I shall contact you again when I am in a position to respond more fully to
your request.

Yours sincerely

Angelene Kirkpatrick

For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

North Lanarkshire Council

Civic Centre

Windmillhill Street

Motherwell

ML1 1AB

Working from home

Please contact via email

From: Leaona Strain <[2][FOI #1200516 email]>
Sent: 08 November 2024 09:50
To: FOI Request <[3][North Lanarkshire Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Welfare Fund

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Dear North Lanarkshire Council,

I am requesting the following information regarding the Social Welfare Fund;

The number of requests made to the fund due to problematic Universal Credit claims?

The amount of money paid to claimant's, from the fund? Both figure and percentage of total budget.

Yours faithfully,

Leaona Strain

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[6][FOI #1200516 email]

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Dear Ms Strain

Request for Information

I refer to your email dated 8 November 2024 seeking information in
relation to the Social Welfare fund and your email dated 4 December 2024
providing clarification of your request.

Having investigated, I can advise that the specific information requested
is not held and in terms of Section 17 of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002, I must advise you of this.  By way of some
explanation, our systems are not able to extract number of requests that
were made to the fund due to problematic Universal Credit claims.

However, to be of assistance, we can provide some information on the
number of claimants who received awards due to benefit issues, albeit
these will not all be exclusive to Universal Credit.  If you wish this
information, please let me know and I will process a fresh request.

I can advise that North Lanarkshire Council, having regard to the
provisions of Section 21 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002, has established a procedure whereby any person who has requested
information and is in any way dissatisfied with the decision on that
request, can within forty working days require a review of that decision
by writing to the Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic), Civic Centre,
Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB.  Accordingly, if you are
dissatisfied with this decision and seek such review please write to the
Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic). 

I would advise, also, that in terms of Section 47 of the Act a person who
is dissatisfied with a notice given by the local authority under Section
21 of the Act - ie. a notice following a review of a decision by a local
authority, or by the failure of a local authority to give such a notice -
may make application to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision as to whether, in any respect specified in that application, the
request for information to which the requirement relates has been dealt
with in accordance with the Act.  Such an application must be made within
six months of the review decision and be in writing or in another form
which, by reason of it having some permanency is capable of being used for
subsequent reference. The application must state the name of the applicant
and provide an address for correspondence. The application must also
specify the request for information to which the requirement for review
relates, the matter which gave rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction
with the original decision of the local authority and the matter which
gives rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction with the decision on review
by the local authority or the failure of the local authority to issue such
a decision.  The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted as
follows:- 

Scottish Information Commissioner 

Kinburn Castle 

Doubledykes Road 

St. Andrews 

KY16 9DS 

email: [1][email address] 

Appeals to the Scottish Information Commissioner can also be made online
via the following link: - 

[2]www.foi.scot/appeal 

I hope this information is sufficient for your purpose.  If, however, you
require further information – or I can assist in any other way – please
let me know. 

Yours sincerely

Jacqueline Keachie

For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

North Lanarkshire Council

Contact by email

From: Leaona Strain <[3][FOI #1200516 email]>
Sent: 04 December 2024 14:19
To: Angelene Kirkpatrick <[4][email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: Freedom of Information request - Welfare Fund

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Dear Angelene Kirkpatrick,

Thank you for your time and attention.

Figures for the last 5 years.

Yours sincerely,

Leaona Strain

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