Bicycles/electric bikes for asylum seekers/refugees - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Please send me the following information 

1) Has Lincolnshire Council funded any bicycles/electric bikes for asylum seekers/refugees in the past 12-months from today's date.

2) If Lincolnshire Council has funded bicycle/electric bikes for asylum seekers/refugees, how much did this funding come to, over the past 12-months from today's date.

3) how many bicycles has Lincolnshire Council funded during the past 12-months from today's date. 

4) how many electric bikes has Lincolnshire Council funded during the past 12-months from today's date. 

Could you please reply both electronically by email and by paper format through the postal system. 

Decision

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. Not directly, no. Funding was provided to Community & Voluntary Sector Organisations to support the welcome and integration of Ukrainian humanitarian visa holders may have been used to enable an individual to purchase a bicycle themselves.

2. As Lincolnshire County Council has not funded bicycle/electric bikes directly to asylum seekers/refugees so this information is not held.

3. As Lincolnshire County Council has not funded bicycle/electric bikes directly to asylum seekers/refugees so this information is not held.

4. As Lincolnshire County Council has not funded bicycle/electric bikes directly to asylum seekers/refugees so this information is not held

Reference number
FOI 10428221
Date request received
02/09/24
Date of decision
20/09/24