Household Support Fund

1.The total number of applications received for the first round of the Household Support Fund, running from October 2021 to March 2022.
Please could you provide a breakdown showing the number of successful and unsuccessful applications.

We only have the total number of households (by type) awarded and the total award amount by household type: please see the table below:

Total Value of Awards split by Household Composition
Oct 21 – March 22 a) Households with Children b) Households without Children c) Total (a+b)
Spend (£s) 3,847,613 547,113 4,394,725
Volumes 166,142 7,612 173,754

Please could you, if possible, provide reasons for why applications were unsuccessful.

We do not hold this information

2. The total number of applications received for the second round of the Household Support Fund, running from April 2022 to September 2022.

Please see the table below:

Total Value of Awards split by Household Composition
01/04/22-30/09/22 a) Households with Children b) Households with Pensioners c) Other households d) Total amount provided to vulnerable households (a+b+c)
Spend (£s) £          2,817,833.66  £          1,925,509.87  £             279,622.39  £           5,022,965.92
Volumes                    28,485.00                    22,496.00                      6,676.00                     57,657.00

Please could you provide a breakdown showing the number of successful and unsuccessful applications. 
Please could you, if possible, provide reasons for why applications were unsuccessful.

We do not hold this information.

3. The Grant Usage of the first round of the Household Support Fund.
Please could you provide data for
a. The number and £ value of total awards provided
b. The number and £ value of total awards split by household composition
c. The number and £ value of total awards split by category, such as Energy and water, Food, Essentials linked to energy and water, Wider essentials, Housing costs, and any other categories

d. any other available data regarding the Household Support Fund.

Please see the table below:

Total Value of Awards Split by Category
01/04/22-30/09/22 a) Energy and Water b) Food c) Essentials linked to Energy and Water d) Wider Essentials e) Housing Costs e) Total amount provideed to vulnerable households (a+b+c+d+e)
Spend (£s) £             930,022.59  £          2,911,773.69  £             547,078.18  £               614,748.39  £                19,343.07  £                    5,022,965.92
Volumes                    11,417.00                    32,403.00                      6,721.00                       7,037.00                            79.00                              57,657.00

4. The Grant Usage of the second round of the Household Support Fund.
Please could you provide data for
a. The number and £ value of total awards provided
b. The number and £ value of total awards split by household composition
c. The number and £ value of total awards split by category, such as Energy and water, Food, Essentials linked to energy and water, Wider essentials, Housing costs, and any other categories

d. any other available data regarding the Household Support Fund

Please see the table below:

Total Value of Awards Split by Category
April 22 to Sept 22 a) Energy and Water b) Food c) Essentials linked to Energy and Water d) Wider Essentials e) Housing Costs e) Total amount provideed to vulnerable households (a+b+c+d+e)
Spend (£s) £399,849.09 £2,137,024.19 £77,995.68 £143,490.94 £19,068.07 £2,777,427.97
Volumes 5,185.00 6,765.00 1,515.00 1,823.00 78 15,366.00

5. The average, highest and lowest amount provided during the first round of the Household Support Fund.

We do not hold this information.

6. The average, highest and lowest amount provided during the second round of the Household Support Fund.

We do not hold this information.