Disabled Facilities Grants: Gloucestershire
(asked on 21st January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have received funding from the disabled facilities grant in (a) Gloucester and (b) Gloucestershire in the last five years.
The Disabled Facilities Grant allocation to Gloucester and Gloucestershire for the last five years has been as follows:
Financial year | Gloucester | Gloucestershire |
2020/21 | £1,276,921 | £6,842,353 |
2021/22 | £1,276,921 | £6,842,353 |
2022/23 | £1,276,921 | £6,842,353 |
2023/24 | £1,388,345 | £7,439,417 |
2024/25 | £1,584,452 | £8,490,250 |
This information is also available through the website of Foundations, the National Body for Disabled Facilities Grants and Home Improvement Agencies here: Disabled Facilities Grant Annual Allocations.
It is for local authorities to decide how to spend their allocation and deliver adaptations to eligible disabled and older people. Government does not hold data on how many people have received Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding.
Government recognises how important home adaptations are in enabling older and disabled people to live as independently as possible in a safe and suitable environment. This is why on 3 January 2025 government announced an immediate £86 million in-year uplift to the DFG, taking the funding total to £711 million for 2024-25. This will allow 7,800 more eligible people to make vital improvements to their home allowing them to live more independent lives and reducing hospitalisations.
Furthermore, government announced an £86 million additional investment in the DFG for the 2025-26 financial year at the Autumn Budget (bringing total funding for 2025-26 to £711 million).