Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-19.
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.
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.
