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  • FOI request (FOIR-363122562)

    DFG (Disabled facilities grant)

    Requested Tue 14 September 2021
    Responded  Mon 27 September 2021

    Please can you respond to the following FOI request reference your DFG services.

    1. How much of your DFG allocation did you spend between:

    a. 2017-18

    b. 2018-19

    c. 2019-20

    d. 2020-21

    2. How many referrals did you receive for a DFG between:

    a. 2017-18

    b. 2018-19

    c. 2019-20

    d. 2020-21

    3. How many DFG grants were awarded between:

    a. 2017-18

    b. 2018-19

    c. 2019-20

    d. 2020-21

    4. How much discretionary funding was spent between:

    a. 2017-18

    b. 2018-19

    c. 2019-20

    d. 2020-21

    5. How many discretionary grants were awarded between:

    a. 2017-18

    b. 2018-19

    c. 2019-20

    d. 2020-21


    Response

    Q1. How much of your DFG allocation did you spend between:

    a. 2017-18 - £885,918.06

    b. 2018-19 - £1,047,529.68

    c. 2019-20 - £1,077,556.99

    d. 2020-21 - £583,543.92

    The above amounts reflect the spend on DFG adaptations where were approved and eligible under the legislation.

    Q2. How many referrals did you receive for a DFG between:

    a. 2017-18 - 166

    b. 2018-19 - 150

    c. 2019-20 - 129

    d. 2020-21 - 80

    The data above reflects completed referrals received by the team in that financial year.

    Q3. How many DFG grants were awarded between:

    a. 2017-18 - 110

    b. 2018-19 - 137

    c. 2019-20 - 98

    d. 2020-21 - 70

    The data above reflects grants awarded within that financial year. There is not a direct correlation between referrals received and grants awarded as one year rolls into another and referrals received towards the end of one financial year may not be awarded till another.

    Q4. How much discretionary funding was spent between:

    a. 2017-18 - £0

    b. 2018-19 - £0

    c. 2019-20 - £17,260.31

    d. 2020-21 - £21,079.93

    Q5. How many discretionary grants were awarded between:

    a. 2017-18 - 0

    b. 2018-19 - 0

    c. 2019-20 - 1

    d. 2020-21 - 3

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