Discretionary Financial Support Summary Report April 2021
York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS)
Total number of applications processed during financial year.
Main reasons given for application
% Applications
|
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
|
|
Exceptional pressures |
19.2 |
18.9 |
29.9 |
|
No food |
5.5 |
7.6 |
15.6 |
|
Emergency |
11.7 |
9.4 |
11.0 |
|
Vouchers |
3.9 |
4.6 |
9.5 |
|
Resettlement - homeless |
9.7 |
8.1 |
7.8 |
|
Stay in the community |
10.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
|
Fuel |
7.3 |
10.0 |
16.9 |
|
Resettlement - other |
7.1 |
8.4 |
3.9 |
|
Unknown |
0.0 |
14.0 |
3.9 |
|
Repair |
2.9 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
|
Debt |
3.3 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
|
Expenses |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
|
Disaster |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
|
Benefit delay or Universal Credit |
18.6 |
8.6 |
0.9 |
Grant amounts awarded
|
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
|
Average award |
£396 |
£352 |
£455 |
£172 |
|
Lowest award |
£20 |
£23 |
£20 |
£10 |
|
Highest award |
£193 |
£1,961 |
£1,961 |
£2,324 |
Items awarded
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
|
|
Bed |
43 |
45 |
31 |
66 |
|
Bedding |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clothing |
98 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
|
Cooker |
63 |
36 |
55 |
91 |
|
Curtains |
30 |
10 |
18 |
21 |
|
Floor cover |
48 |
36 |
36 |
37 |
|
Fridge |
37 |
30 |
51 |
69 |
|
Large fridge |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fuel |
189 |
67 |
100 |
46 |
|
Kitchen pk1 |
50 |
79 |
55 |
73 |
|
Kitchen pk3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
|
Microwave |
10 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
Removal |
4 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
|
Repair |
7 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Resettlement packages |
69 |
126 |
162 |
145 |
|
Sofa /chair |
9 |
9 |
15 |
26 |
|
Supermarket vouchers |
337 |
134 |
244 |
451 |
|
Table/ chair |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Travel cost |
26 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
|
Wardrobe |
9 |
8 |
21 |
25 |
|
Washer |
38 |
37 |
39 |
55 |
|
Grand total |
1092 |
638 |
851 |
1143 |
Requests for decisions to be reviewed
|
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
|
|
Decision overturned |
27 |
41 |
23 |
18 |
|
Decision upheld |
62 |
36 |
23 |
19 |
|
Total received |
89 |
77 |
46 |
37 |
Discretionary Council Tax Reduction
Discretionary Housing Payment
The council received £298k in government funding for DHPs for 2020/21 in order to help with housing costs and has additional CYC budget of £27k in reserve. 436 DHP’s were awarded, totalling £298,252. All the government allocation was spent plus an additional amount of CYC funding.
|
|
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
||
|
Total DHP Fund available |
£ 237,097 |
100% |
£ 324,923 |
100% |
|
Amount spent |
£ 211,835 |
89% |
£ 298,252 |
92% |
|
Amount remaining |
£ 25,262 |
11% |
£26,671 |
8% |