April 2013: The Department for Communities and Local Government announced last week new funding to help councils fund the adaptations disabled people need to live independently in their own home. The press release states that “Ministers have protected the Disabled Facilities Grant programme for the last 3 years, with a further £185 million expected in next year’s funding“.
Included in eligible types of work for funding are:
- adapting heating or lighting controls to make them easier to use
- improving or providing a suitable heating system
A document setting out the allocation awarded to each local authority is provided here. Looking at London councils , it can be seen a total of £23.5m has gone to the capital – a breakdown of each borough’s funding is provided below:
| Barking And Dagenham | £574,717 |
| Barnet | £874,717 |
| Bexley | £904,717 |
| Brent | £1,684,717 |
| Bromley | £714,717 |
| Camden | £337,717 |
| City of London | £13,717 |
| Croydon | £904,717 |
| Ealing | £1,162,717 |
| Enfield | £1,155,717 |
| Greenwich | £890,717 |
| Hackney | £553,717 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | £463,717 |
| Haringey | £840,717 |
| Harrow | £514,717 |
| Havering | £630,717 |
| Hillingdon | £1,627,717 |
| Hounslow | £946,717 |
| Islington | £605,717 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | £299,717 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £477,717 |
| Lambeth | £516,717 |
| Lewisham | £490,717 |
| Merton | £448,717 |
| Newham | £894,717 |
| Redbridge | £738,717 |
| Richmond | £604,717 |
| Southwark | £519,717 |
| Sutton | £554,717 |
| Tower Hamlets | £734,717 |
| Waltham Forest | £731,717 |
| Wandsworth | £542,717 |
| Westminster | £524,717 |
| TOTAL | £23,482,661 |