Individuals applying for household support funds - Find a freedom of information request

Request

 1) how many individual have applied for support from the Household Support Fund and how many people received support. Please break this down by round of funding for the past two years.    

2) how much funding was received by your council and how much has been spent to date.       

Decision

1.

HSF 1

01 Oct 2021 to 31 March 2022

58253

* numbers applied and received support

HSF 2

01 April 2022 to 30 Sept 2022

53069

* numbers applied and received support

HSF 3

01 Oct 2022 to 31 March 2023

47203

* numbers applied and received support

HSF 4

01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

* unknown at this stage

 

                                                                                 

2.

 

 

 

Amount received

Spent

HSF 1

01 Oct 2021 to 31 March 2022

£5,464,685.00

£5,420,899.00

HSF 2

01 April 2022 to 30 Sept 2022

£5,464,685.00

£5,464,685.00

HSF 3

01 Oct 2022 to 31 March 2023

£5,464,685.00

£5,464,685.00

HSF 4

01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

£10,929,370.00

£294,333.00

 

Expenditure up to the end of June 2023 as per interim return to the Department for Education.                                                             

Full allocation expected to be fully spent by the 31 March 2024.    

Reference number
7848345
Date request received
12 September 2023
Date of decision
10 October 2023