FOI request (FOIR-649541199)

Home adaptations

Requested Tue 24 September 2024
Responded Fri 11 October 2024

I am writing to request the following data under the Freedom of Information Act.

If all the below questions cannot be answered within the appropriate time limit, please can you answer the questions in order as below until the limit is reached.

1. How many home adaptations were delivered in the following financial years under the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)?

a. 2019-20

b. 2020-21

c. 2021-22

d. 2022-22

e. 2023-23

2. How many of the home adaptations delivered, as outlined in question 1, related to (A) under-18s, and (B) adults aged between 18 and 64? Please break the figures down by the following financial years:

a. 2019-20

b. 2020-21

c. 2021-22

d. 2022-22

e. 2023-23

3. Of home adaptations delivered under the DFG in the following financial years, what was the average amount of time, in days, for a home adaptation to be completed from the time of the resident's initial enquiry?

a. 2019-20

b. 2020-21

c. 2021-22

d. 2022-22

e. 2023-23

Response

1a. 2019-20 - 103 Completed DFGs, 146 Adaptations

1b. 2020-21 - 66 Completed DFGs, 100 Adaptations

1c. 2021-22 - 81 Completed DFGs, 119 Adaptations

1d. 2022-23 - 96 Completed DFGs, 154 Adaptations

1e. 2023-24 - 91 Completed DFGs, 140 Adaptations

2a. 2019-20 - A = 6, B = 36

2b. 2020-21 - A = 6, B = 31

2c. 2021-22 - A = 7, B = 38

2d. 2022-23 - A = 7, B = 39

2e. 2023-24 - A = 6, B = 65

3. Data is from the time we receive the referral from the OT to the completion of the works to Hastings Borough Council's satisfaction.

3a. 2019-20 - 239 days (168 work days)

3b. 2020-21 - 288 days (202 work days)

3c. 2021-22 - 234 days (163 work days)

3d. 2022-23 - 185 days (128 work days)

3e. 2023-24 - 249 days (173 work days)