FOI Request - Disabled Facilities Grant

Request 101002785053

1.  What was your Disabled Facilities Grant budget for the period from 1st April 2019 to 31 March 2020?
2. What proportion of the budget mentioned above was spent on DFGs during the period from 1st April 2019 to 31 March 2020?
3. How many applications for DFGs did you receive in the period from 1st April 2019 to 31 March 2020?
4. How many applications for DFGs did you receive from people living with motor neurone disease in the period from 1st April 2019 to 31 March 2020?
5.  What proportion of DFG applications received during the period from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 received a decision within the nationally recommended target timescale of 6 months?
6.  What proportion of approved DFG applications received during the period from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 received funding within the nationally recommended target timescale of 1 year?
7.  Do you currently have a fast -track application process in place to provide DFG funding more rapidly to applicants with urgent needs? If yes, what are the eligibility criteria to access this process?
8. How many applications were made under the fast track process (if applicable) during the period from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020, and how many of these were approved?
9. Are there any circumstances in which the DFG mandatory means test is waived and if so what are those circumstances? (e.g. for adaptations under a certain cost or of a certain type)
10. How many applications for DFGs did you receive in the period from 1st April 2020 to 31 March 2021?
11. What proportion of DFG applications completed during the period from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 received a decision within the nationally recommended target timescale of 6 months?
12. What proportion of approved DFG applications completed during the period from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 received funding within the nationally recommended target timescale of 1 year?
13. Do you currently provide a single point of contact for applicants to approach for information and guidance during the process of applying for and receiving DFG funding?
14. Do you currently have an accessible housing register for your local authority area that is publicly available?

Response 26-05-2021

Disabled Facilities Grant DFG’s are not available in Scotland but I have provided figures, where possible, for Disabled Adaptations funded via Housing Grant

1.  £500k
2. 100%
3. 83
4. None
5. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not recorded
6. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not recorded
7. No
8. N/A
9. No
10. 83 (see Q 3)
11. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not recorded
12. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that this information is not recorded
13. Yes, via our Care & Repair/Private Sector Housing Team
14. No.  Moray Council operates a Housing list which is open to all age 16+, with a points based Allocations Policy where points, and therefore priority, is awarded to applicants via a Functional Assessment.