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FOI request (FOIR-372515151)
Home Adaptations and Disabled Facilities Grants
Requested Wed 20 October 2021
Responded Fri 05 November 2021I hope you are well. Could you please treat my request for the information below as a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide the following information on Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) or similar grants provided under your discretionary Housing Assistance Policy:
1a. The total number of referrals from occupational therapists received for home adaptations in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1bi. The total number of households means tests completed for home adaptations in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1bii. How many potential applicants did not proceed with making a grant application following a means test in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1c. The total number of formal applications received for home adaptations in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1d. The total number of formal applications approved in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
1e. The total number of grants completed in the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
For the questions below, please could you specify which average measure you are using, whether it is median or mean. However, the median would be preferable.
2a. What was the average number of working days from first contact for someone to receive an initial assessment from an occupational therapist (or similar person) in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
2b. What was the average number of working days between someone receiving an initial assessment from an occupational therapist (or similar person) and the date of the referral to the housing department/district council in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
2c. What was the average number of working days between the date of the referral to the housing department/district council and the date of the formal grant application in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
2d. What was the average number of working days between the date of receipt of the formal application and the certified/ completion date of installing the adaptations in each of the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 until 30th September 2021?
3a. If the council is currently using its discretionary powers to provide additional funding in addition to the maximum DFG amount, please state what the new figure is and what legislation has been used to increase the figure.
In the spirit of Section 16 of the FOI Act - to "provide advice and assistance, so far as it would be reasonable to expect the authority to do so, to persons who propose to make, or have made requests for information" - if you cannot answer all of these questions, please contact me to discuss what information you could supply at the earliest opportunity on XXXXXXXXXXX.
If you feel you cannot provide all of this information, please provide the information you can.
Please could you acknowledge this FOI request by reply with a reference on receipt and could the information be forwarded by email in an Excel (.xls) document and not a PDF.
Response
Please see attached document containing the requested information.
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