Local Welfare Assistance Scheme - Find a freedom of information request

Information relating to your Local Welfare Assistance Scheme.   

1. What was the total spend on your scheme in 2023/24?

2. How many applications did you receive to this scheme in 2023/24?

3. How many applications were successful in 2023/24?

4. What percentage of your entire scheme (including food, fuel and furniture support) was delivered via: 

Cash

Vouchers

In-kind provision of goods

5. How much was spent on the provision of furniture, white goods and furnishings (including flooring and window coverings) in 2023/24? This includes cash, vouchers and the provision of the item itself.
 
6. What percentage of your furniture and appliance spend only was:

Cash

Vouchers

Provision of the item itself

7. What percentage of your 2023/24 spend was funded by your core spending power (as opposed to additional Govt. funding provided via Section 31 grants, such as the Household Support Fund)

8. What percentage of your 2023/24 spend came from the Household Support Fund?

9. What other sources did you use to fund your LWA scheme in 2023/24 and what percentage of the scheme did each source make up respectively?

10. What is your budget for 2024/25?

11. What percentage of your 2024/25 budget is funded by your core spending power?
12. If this budget is not 100% core funded, how is the remaining budget funded?

13. If your LWA budget for 2024/25 is smaller than in 2023/24, what percentage of the reduction is due to the expectation that the Household Support Fund would not be renewed? 

14. The current tranche of the Household Support Fund is due to end on 31 September 2024. If no further funding is provided by central government after this date, how will this affect the funding for your Local Welfare Provision scheme from October 2024 to March 2025? 
Please select one of the below:

We will spend more on our Local Welfare Scheme

It will have no impact, spending will remain at the same level throughout the year

Our local welfare provision budget will be reduced by:

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

1. Household Support Fund 4 = 10,881,097

2. This information is not recorded

3. 6,625

4.

 5. Tangible items =£101,469.96                         

6. This information is not available

7. Lincolnshire County Council is a 2-tier area. 0% - all funded via the Household Support Fund

8. 100%

9. Lincolnshire County Council does not have a Local Welfare Scheme.                                        

10. Household Support Fund 5  (01 April 2024 to 30 September 2024) - £5,464,685

11. 0%

12. 100% funded from the household support fund

13. Lincolnshire County Council does not have a Local Welfare Scheme.           

14. Lincolnshire County Council does not have a Local Welfare Scheme.