Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (a) how many people applied for disabled facilities grants, (b) how many such applications were successful and (c) what the average grant award was in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect information on the number of people who applied for a Disabled Facilities Grant or the number of successful applicants. Information on the number of grants completed and the average cost per grant for the years 2009-10 to 2014-15 is provided in the table below.
| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of grants completed | 44,102 | 45,383 | 43,986 | 36,874 | 42,586 | 33,922 |
Average grants awarded | £3,356 | £3,724 | £4,547 | £5,966 | £4,227 | £5,453 |
The above data is provided by local housing authorities in their annual Logasnet returns. LOGASnet is the Department of Communities and Local Government's web-based data capture and payments system. The data is not audited by DCLG.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) budget and (b) total spend was on the disabled facilities grants scheme in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Information on the annual budgets provided by the Government for the Disabled Facilities Grant and additional funding by local authorities, which adds up to the total spend for the Grant, is given in the table below.
| 2009-10 (£m) | 2010-11 (£m) | 2011-12 (£m) | 2012-13 (£m) | 2013-14 (£m) | 2014-15 (£m) |
Government Funding | 157 | 169 | 200 | 220 | 180 | 185 |
Local Authority contribution | 139 | 137 | 98 | 60 | 88 | 84 |
Total | 296 | 306 | 298 | 280 | 268 | 269 |
Data on local authority contributions is provided by local housing authorities in their annual LOGASnet returns. LOGASnet is the Department of Communities and Local Government's web-based data capture and payments system. The data is not audited centrally.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was to be assessed by an occupational therapist for disabled facilities grants in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
This data is not collected centrally.