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Disabled Facilities Grants
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An analysis of the Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) data we obtained from councils in England and Wales via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
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Link to our Reporting Recipe
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Data tables
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Waits analysis (England)
A look at the length it takes each council in England to complete the DFG process
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Waits analysis (Wales)
A look at the length it takes each council in Wales to complete the DFG process
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DFG top-up grants - 2021 (England and Wales)
Whether councils provide additional discretionary top-up funding the maximum DFG grant of £30,000, and if so how much additional funding they provide
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Waits analysis (England)
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LA id
The ONS local authority unique identifier
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Name of council
The name of the local authority
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County
For district councils the local authority they are in
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Region
The country the local authority is in
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Tax year
The tax year for which the data was reported
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Initial assessment - working days (2a)
The average number of working days from first contact for someone to receive an initial assessment
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Referral to housing department - working days (2b)
The average number of working days between initial assessment and the referral to the relevant housing department
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Processing the appplication - working days (2c)
The average number of working days between the referral to the housing department and the formal grant application
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Completing the adaptation(s) - working days (2d)
The average number of working days from the receipt of the formal application for the work and adaptations to be completed
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Initial application - weeks (2a-2c)
The average number of weeks it takes to complete the initial application process
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Initial application - months (2a-2c)
The average number of months it takes to complete the initial application process in months
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Total DFG process - weeks (2a-2d)
The average number of weeks it takes to complete the whole DFG process in weeks
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Total DFG process - months (2a-2d)
The average number of months it takes to complete the whole DFG process in months
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Time measurement submitted by the council
Whether the council submitted their average waits as "Working" or "Calendar" days. Where the council didn't clarify which it was, their average waits were "Assumed as working" days as we had asked in our FOI
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Waits analysis (Wales)
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Name of council
The name of the local authority
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Tax year
The tax year for which the data was reported
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Initial assessment - days (2a)
The average number of days from first contact for someone to receive an initial assessment - See "Time measurement submitted by the council" to know whether these are "Working" or "Calendar" days
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Referral to housing department - days (2b)
The average number of days between initial assessment and the referral to the relevant housing department - See "Time measurement submitted by the council" to know whether these are "Working" or "Calendar" days
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Processing the appplication - days (2c)
The average number of days between the referral to the housing department and the formal grant application - See "Time measurement submitted by the council" to know whether these are "Working" or "Calendar" days
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Completing the adaptation(s) - days (2d)
The average number of days from the receipt of the formal application for the work and adaptations to be completed - See "Time measurement submitted by the council" to know whether these are "Working" or "Calendar" days
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Initial application - weeks (2a-2c)
The average number of weeks it takes to complete the initial application process
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Initial application - months (2a-2c)
The average number of months it takes to complete the initial application process in months
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Total DFG process - weeks (2a-2d)
The average number of weeks it takes to complete the whole DFG process in weeks
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Total DFG process - months (2a-2d)
The average number of months it takes to complete the whole DFG process in months
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Time measurement submitted by the council
Whether the council submitted their average waits as "Working" or "Calendar" days. Where the council didn't clarify which it was, their average waits were "Assumed as working" days as we had asked in our FOI
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Average used
Whether the council used the "Mean" or "Median" to calculate the average
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DFG top-up grants - 2021 (England and Wales)
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Name of council
The name of the local authority
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Region or Country
The English region or UK country the local authority is in
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Does the council provide additional funding?
Whether or not the council uses discretionary powers to provide additional funding in addition to the maximum DFG amount of £30,000
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What is the top-up amount?
The maximum amount of discretionary funding/grants that can be awarded by the council as a top up to the maximum DFG amount of £30,000
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What legislation has been used?
The name of the legislation used by the council to provide additioonal funding in addition to the maximum DFG amount
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Council's response
If the council included additional details to this question in their response to our FOI we included those here
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Notes
Any additional notes from the Bureau worth bearing in mind when looking at the data from the council
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If you want to get in touch about this data, email bureaulocal@tbij.com
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