Grants awarded by the Council to third sector organisations

1) How many political advisers - that is, non-politically restricted advisers employed to advise the Leader and/or Cabinet - were employed to support the Council leader, or Council Cabinet, as of a) 1st August 2025 and b) 1st May 2025.   

2) What is the total cost of grants awarded by the Council to third sector organisations which support UK Armed Forces Veterans, in every month since 1st August 2024?

3) What is the total cost of grants awarded by the Council to third sector organisations which provide non-statutory domestic abuse support/services, in every month since 1st August 2024? Please note that I am only looking for non-statutory service provision. 

4) What is the total cost of the support given by the Council to organisations which support Ukrainian refugees hosted in your Council area, under the Homes for Ukraine scheme? Please could I have data broken down by month, for every month since 1st August 2024. 

5) What is the total cost of 'DEI' - Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion - programmes funded by the Council. Please could I have data broken down by month, for every month since 1st August 2024. 

6) What is the total amount spent by the Council on external consultants in every month since 1st August 2024. 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1) 0

2) There are no payments made from ACCW under these headings

3) There are no separate services commissioned outside of statutory duties. The safe accommodation service is commissioned in line with the statutory requirements set out in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, as detailed in the statutory guidance. Other commissioned services related to domestic abuse fall within the scope of the Act’s safe accommodation duties. Specifically, a portion of the community-based adult intervention and IDVA service supports victims with housing-related needs, including helping them flee to safe accommodation, arranging target hardening measures where appropriate, and securing independent, suitable housing away from the perpetrator. More recently, the commissioning of community-based domestic abuse services has been further reinforced as a statutory duty under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.

4) There is no cost to Lincolnshire county council with regards to the Homes for Ukraine scheme as all costs are 100% government grant funded.

5-6) Please find attached tables 

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