Information about the Local authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies your local authority has received from the government as part of its Covid support measures for communities.
1) Can you please state
a) the amount your local authority has received under the above mentioned scheme, ANSWER: £757,020
b) when the money was received, ANSWER: 29/07/2020
and
c) how much of it has been spent to date? ANSWER: £757,020
If all of it has been spent,
d) state by what date the money had been spent? ANSWER: This information is not held by Devon County Council as the Local authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies grant was devolved to the eight District Council’s in Devon through a funding agreement
If less than 51% of the money your local authority received from the government in this scheme had been spent within 12 weeks of your authority receiving it, can you
e) state why? ANSWER: Time required to set up partnership agreement with Districts, put processes in place and allocate staff to co-ordinate / administer the funds.
2) How much of these funds that have been awarded to private citizens who applied for emergency support was
a) awarded to women ANSWER: £____/ ____% (of all grants awarded)
b) awarded to men ANSWER: £____ / ____ % (of all grants awarded)
b) awarded to single parents ANSWER: £____ / ____% (of all grants awarded)
c) awarded to people with disabilities £____ / ____% (of all grants awarded)
Refer to our response to question 1(d) above
3) Can you state
a) how many applications in total your local authority received for emergency grants from members of the public? ANSWER: _____
b) how many of these were successful? ANSWER: _____ / _____% (of all applications)
c) what the highest grant was worth you awarded overall? ANSWER: £______
Refer to our response to question 1(d) above
4) how many people applied for assistance with
a) food? ANSWER: ____
b) energy? ANSWER: _____
c) accommodation costs? ANSWER: _____
d) other? ANSWER: _____
Refer to our response to question 1(d) above