Please provide the following breakdown:

1. Local welfare assistance/provision direct grants/loans to individuals or households (funded by core spending power only, including the Local Government Finance Settlement, but excluding the two additional funds set out in questions 2 and 3)
a) 2020/21 spend
£6,908.10
b) 2020/21 applications successful
Local Welfare Provision: 21

2. Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies (DEFRA)
a) According to DEFRA, you were allocated £77,343. How much of this allocation did you spend in 2020/21?
b) Approximately what % (if any) of this fund was used to provide direct local welfare assistance grants to individuals/households?
c) If this fund was used to provide direct grants to individuals or households, how many were awarded in 2020/21?
d) If the answer to B is less than 100%, please provide approximate percentages indicating what the remainder was spent on (e.g. xx% of the fund was allocated to local food banks, xx% was allocated to schools for food vouchers, etc.).
Information not provided.

3. Covid Winter Grant Scheme (including the initial £170 million and the additional £59.1 million for top-tier local authorities)
a) According to the DWP, you were allocated £208,703 + £72,555. How much of this allocation did you spend in 2020/21?
b) Approximately what % (if any) of this fund was used to provide direct local welfare assistance grants to individuals/households in 2020/21?
Wokingham Borough Council topped up the Grant by £100,000, so the total amount available was £381,258. Approximately 73% of this amount was used to provide direct grants to individuals and families for food/groceries, fuel, and other related items who applied to and were assessed for support by Wokingham Citizens Advice. The actual grants were then distributed by Wokingham Borough Council.

c) if this fund was used to provide direct grants to individuals or households, how many were awarded in 2020/21? d) If the answer to B is less than 100%, please provide approximate percentages indicating what the remainder was spent on (e.g. xx% of the fund was allocated to local food banks, xx% was allocated to schools for food vouchers, etc.).
Direct Grants awarded: 494
Approx 26% of the total available funds (£381,258 - including the £100K top-up from the Council) were used to supply free school meals vouchers to eligible families over the Christmas Break 20/21. Approx 1% was used to provide food and grocery vouchers to Care Leavers.