This is a Freedom of Information request for the following information:
1. Separately for the Household Support Fund; other discretionary local welfare assistance schemes (if your council has one in addition to the Household Support Fund); and the Holiday Activities and Food programme, please provide:
• Total annual expenditure
• Total annual number of applications
• Total annual number of approvals
• The type of awards made, and how many of each type of award were made
• Demographics of who received support
o by family type, in the following categories: couples with children, couples without children, single with children and single without children
o and by age group in these categories: working-age families with children, working-age families without children, pensioner families
Please provide this information for financial years 2021-22 to 2024-25 (inclusive).