Access to Work grants (FOI)

Request

How many Access To Work Grants have been agreed, since the scheme was launched, for disable people to buy equipment they need to keep them in work? Can I have a break down of:

A

Number of applications agreed, year by year?

B

Number of applications rejected, year by year?

C

Reason for the rejections, year by year?

D

Number of applications made year by year, whether agreed or not?

E

Number of complaints received from applicants during the application process whether application agreed or rejected

F

Length of time taken to agree application from start to end of process

G

Length of time taken to reject application from start to end of process

H

Number of total applications since launched

I

Number of total applications agreed since launched

J

Number of total applications rejected since launched

K

Total budget available to date

L

Total budget spent to date

Response

Due to the small number of applications it is not possible to provide annual figures as this could potentially lead to the identification of individuals. Therefore Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied and the answers provided have been aggregated from January 2018 when the Access to Work Grants scheme was launched.

A

Please refer to the answer to response H 

B

Please refer to the answer to response J.

C

Either the applications did not meet the eligibility criteria, or the Government of Jersey (as the applicant’s employer) supplied the equipment.

D

During the period January 2018 to date there have been a total of 24.

E

During the period January 2018 to date there have been less than five.

F

For the purpose of this response, the process starts when we receive the application and ends when the decision is communicated to the applicant. Delays may occur if the required evidence is not submitted with the application. The time taken for applications received during the period January 2018 to date was between 1 and 52 days.

G

For the purpose of this response, the process starts when we receive the application and ends when the decision is communicated to the applicant. Delays may occur if the required evidence is not submitted with the application. The time taken for applications received during the period January 2018 to date was between 1 and 29 days.

H to J

K

£132,000

L

£18,357

Article applied

Article 25 Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.