FOI request details
Request
Subject: Household Support Fund
Reference: WBC-FOI-00508
I would like to know the following:
1. The number of applications to the Household Support Fund during the 12 months to 31st December 2022?
2. The monetary amount of support provided to applicants to the Household Support Fund during the 12 months to 31st December 2022?
3. The number of successful applicants to the Household Support Fund during the 12 months to 31st December 2022?
Response
Full Disclosure - 22 February 2023
1.The number of applications to the Household Support Fund during the 12 months to 31st December 2022?
There were a total of 83,440 applications received and processed for the Household Support Grant allocation in the period January 2022 to December 2022. The tables below details the number of applications as per approved proposals and period of grant funding
HSF 1 Jan - Mar 2022
HSF 2 Apr - Sep 2022
HSF 3 Oct - Dec 2022
Agreed Proposals Number of Applications Total
Tranche 1 - January 2022 to March 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover the February Half Term & Easter Break (3 weeks) 17,838
Support for families with Children in Need, Care Leavers and Looked After
Children 1,980
Fuel Grant scheme 6,028
Discretionary Social Fund/ Crisis Support 3,017
Total Tranche 1 - January 2022 to March 2022 28,863
Tranche 2 - April 2022 to September 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover May Half Term & Summer Holidays (7weeks) 26,968
Support for families with CIN, care leavers, looked after children 552
Cost of Living Grant (£130) to pensioners in receipt of CTR 5,608
Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund - top up 2,087
School Uniform Support Scheme 873
Total Tranche 2 - April 2022 to September 2022 36,088
Tranche 3 - October 2022 to December 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover the Oct Half Term& Christmas break (3weeks) 18,256
Support for families with CIN, care leavers, looked after children 2
Strengthening Families 125
Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund - top up 106
Total Tranche 3 - October 2022 to December 2022 18,489
Total Applications for the period January - December 2022 83,440
2.The monetary amount of support provided to applicants to the Household Support Fund during the 12 months to 31st December 2022?
A total grant sum of £4.337m has been allocated to residents from the Household Support Grant allocation in the period January 2022 to December 2022. The tables below details the total spend as per approved proposals and period of grant funding
Agreed Proposals Monetary Amount Total
Tranche 1 - January 2022 to March 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover the February Half Term & Easter Break (3 weeks) £557,764.50
Support for families with Children in Need, Care Leavers and Looked After
Children £165,133.59
Fuel Grant scheme £561,386.00
Discretionary Social Fund/ Crisis Support £354,873.86
Total Tranche 1 - January 2022 to March 2022 £1,639,157.95
Tranche 2 - April 2022 to September 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover May Half Term & Summer Holidays (7weeks) £968,869.50
Support for families with CIN, care leavers, looked after children £92,587.52
Cost of Living Grant (£130) to pensioners in receipt of CTR £730,040.00
Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund - top up £184,293.00
School Uniform Support Scheme £93,694.98
Total Tranche 2 - April 2022 to September 2022 £2,069,485.00
Tranche 3 - October 2022 to December 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover the Oct Half Term& Christmas break (3weeks) £426,898.95
Support for families with CIN, care leavers, looked after children £312.40
Strengthening Families £9,553.25
Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund - top up £191,494.96
Total Tranche 3 - October 2022 to December 2022 £628,259.56
Total Spend for the period January - December 2022 £4,336,902.51
3.The number of successful applicants to the Household Support Fund during the 12 months to 31st December 2022?
The table below outlines all applications received for the period were successfully supported as part of the Household Support grant funding
Agreed Proposals Number of Applications Total
Tranche 1 - January 2022 to March 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover the February Half Term & Easter Break (3 weeks) 17,838
Support for families with Children in Need, Care Leavers and Looked After
Children 1,980
Fuel Grant scheme 6,028
Discretionary Social Fund/ Crisis Support 3,017
Total Tranche 1 - January 2022 to March 2022 28,863
Tranche 2 - April 2022 to September 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover May Half Term & Summer Holidays (7weeks) 26,968
Support for families with CIN, care leavers, looked after children 552
Cost of Living Grant (£130) to pensioners in receipt of CTR 5,608
Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund - top up 2,087
School Uniform Support Scheme 873
Total Tranche 2 - April 2022 to September 2022 36,088
Tranche 3 - October 2022 to December 2022
Food Vouchers for those in receipt of Free School Meals to cover the Oct Half Term& Christmas break (3weeks) 18,256
Support for families with CIN, care leavers, looked after children 2
Strengthening Families 125
Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund - top up 106
Total Tranche 3 - October 2022 to December 2022 18,489
Total Applications for the period January - December 2022 83,440
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