FOI request (FOIR-231401784)

DHP/Hardship payments

Requested Fri 24 July 2020
Responded Thu 13 August 2020

The information I am requesting is as follows:

1. A year on year gender breakdown of DHP awarded to claimants since 2005.

2. A year on year gender breakdown of Hardship payments awarded to claimants since 2005.

I would like these if possible broken down into an excel document and sent over to this email address with the document attached.

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Response

Please see below a breakdown by gender of Discretionary Housing Payment applications awarded since 2005.

There is also a Section 13a Discretionary Reduction in Liability fund scheme for council tax - no payments have been made from that.

DHP - 2005 - Male 129 - Female 139

DHP - 2006 - Male 133 - Female 155

DHP - 2007 - Male 137 - Female 136

DHP - 2008 - Male 118 - Female 135

DHP - 2009 - Male 118 - Female 136

DHP - 2010 - Male 128 - Female 147

DHP - 2011 - Male 164 - Female 206

DHP - 2012 - Male 259 - Female 189

DHP - 2013 - Male 376 - Female 541

DHP - 2014 - Male 327 - Female 632

DHP - 2015 - Male 270 - Female 578

DHP - 2016 - Male 243 - Female 576

DHP - 2017 - Male 360 - Female 870

DHP - 2018 - Male 327 - Female 634

DHP - 2019 - Male 399 - Female 724

DHP - 2020 - Male 108 - Female 204