Cofnod Datgeliadau

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Cwestiwn

1) How many applications for Discretionary Housing Payments were made to your council by eligible applicants in the 2015-2016 financial year? 2) How many of those applications were rejected/unsuccessful? 3) What were the five main reasons that eligible DHP applicants had their DHP applications turned down in the 2015-2016 financial year? 4) If one of the reasons that eligible applicants were turned down was that application forms were not adequately completed, could you please let me know: -if the council follows up inadequately completed forms with applicants and how – does the council contact applicants to ask for missing information, or offer a service to help applicants fill in forms correctly if they have support needs? - what information do applicants in these cases generally neglect to include – is it supporting information (such as bank statements) that is left out, or do people not complete fields in the application forms? 5) Does your council restrict the number of DHP awards an applicant can receive? If Yes, how many awards can an eligible applicant receive? Are they excluded from multiple applications even if their financial circumstances remain the same/don’t improve? 6) Are DHPs ever awarded to applicants who do not complete your formal application forms – for example, will your council award DHPs to applicants whose councillors or support workers apply on their behalf by email or phone call? If Yes, how many DHPs were awarded that way in the 2015-2016 financial year? 7) Did your council exceed its government Discretionary Housing Payment allocation in the 2015-2016 financial year? Did your council top up its government allocation? 8) Did your council return any DHP monies to the DWP as unspent in the 2015-2016 financial year? If Yes, what was the total amount returned? 9) How many applications for Discretionary Housing Payments were made to your council by eligible applicants in the 2014-2015 financial year?

Ateb

1) 614 2) 181 3) There are 3 - available means for meeting the shortfall, not supplying information, lack of engagement, not eligible 4) • We interview as many applicants as possible. If they have a support provider we ask the supporting organisation to assist • Evidence of outgoings, rent arrears and bank/building society/post office statements 5) No 6) A DHP form is required for each application therefore 0 awarded based on an email or a phone call 7) No 8) £694 9) 462