FI15374

Request

1. How many Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) home adaptations were refused by a) private landlords and b) housing associations in the following financial years?

(i)                  2019-20

(ii)                 2020-21

(iii)               2021-22

(iv)               2022-23

(v)                 2023-24

(vi)               A combined total from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024

NB: If figures cannot be broken down by type of landlord (ie private landlord or housing association landlord), please give a figure for the number of DFG home adaptations refused by all landlords combined, for each of parts i to vi.

2. How many Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) home adaptations were completed for individuals living in private rented accommodation in the following financial years?

(i)                  2019-20

(ii)                 2020-21

(iii)               2021-22

(iv)               2022-23

(v)                 2023-24

3. How many DFG home adaptations were completed for individuals living in social housing provided by housing associations in the following financial years?  

(i)                  2019-20

(ii)                 2020-21

(iii)               2021-22

(iv)               2022-23

(v)                 2023-24

4. How many DFG home adaptations were completed for individuals living in social housing provided by the council in the following financial years?  

(i)                  2019-20

(ii)                 2020-21

(iii)               2021-22

(iv)               2022-23

(v)                 2023-24

 

Response

1. The Council does not hold this information as this is not information that is recorded or documented.

2. I can confirm that the Council holds information falling within the description specified in your request as the data is not readily available and it would need a manual search of over 1,000 records.  From our preliminary assessment, we have estimated that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’.   The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Local Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2½ working days in determining whether the information is held, locating, retrieving and extracting the data. I regret therefore, that on this occasion I must refuse this part of your request in accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.

3. The Council does not hold this information as this is not information that is recorded or documented.

4. Home adaptations in the Council’s own social housing is funded by the Council and not via Disabled Facilities Grants.