FOI request (FOIR-379378501)

Household Support Fund

Requested Wed 17 November 2021
Responded Mon 06 December 2021

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

1. How much has the council received through the Household Support Fund?

2. How much of the money allocated to the council through the Household Support Fund has been distributed to claimants?

3. How many people who applied for support through the Household Support Fund were in receipt of Local Housing Allowance and Universal Credit?

4. How many people who received support through the Household Support Fund were in receipt of Local Housing Allowance and Universal Credit?

5. How many people who applied for support through the Household Support Fund were living under the no recourse to public funds condition?

6. How many people who received support through the Household Support Fund were living under the no recourse to public funds condition?

7. What reasons did claimants give for request support through the Household Support Fund? Please break this information down into a table format.

8. How does the council plan to spend the Household Support Fund?

Please display all data from September 30 to November 17.

Response

For the period September 30 to November 17 the answers are as follows:

1. £195,000

2. £0.00

3. 0

4. 0

5. 0

6. 0

7. N/A

8. The primary use of the fund will be to assist residents of Hastings with their energy, water and food (but also housing costs in exceptional circumstances).