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Disabled Facilities Grants

Volume 195: debated on Tuesday 23 July 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many applications have been received for disabled facilities grants in the value ranges (a) under £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £5,000, (c) £5,000 to £10,000 and (d) over £10,000;(2) what percentage of applications for disabled facilities grants have been paid in full; what percentage have received half of the sum applied for; what percentage have received less than half the sum applied for; and what percentage have been refused any payment;(3) how many applications have been received for disabled facilities grants; what is the average value of applications made under the scheme; and what is the average value of the grants made.

Returns made by local authorities in England show that the average value of disabled facilities grants, paid in 1990–91, was £2,214. No other information, based on the returns of all local authorities, is available. However extrapolation from a study of sample of 35 local authorities suggests that, in 1990–91, approximately 5,000 applications for disabled facilities grants were received, 1,850 with a value below £1,000, 2,500 in the range £1,000 to £5,000, 350 in the range £5,000 to £10,000 and 300 over £10,000, and that the average value of applications made was £3,440. The same study suggests that, in 1990–91, 4 per cent. of the applications received for disabled facilities grants were refused any payment. No information on the percentages of applications which were paid in full, or received half or less than half the sum applied for, is available.