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Case summaries

Subject Month / Year Outcome
Ongoing feature of expenditure Mr C, a welfare rights officer applied on behalf a Mr A, a European Economic Area national whose benefits claim had been stopped due to a missed meeting September 2018 Upheld
Meeting the need Miss C applied for a crisis grant for living expenses after her tax credits were suspended and she had no money for food and living expenses September 2018 Upheld
Inconsistencies/ Reason to doubt Mr C applied for a crisis grant for living expenses after his employer terminated his employment while he was signed unfit to work, and awaiting the first payment benefit September 2018 Not upheld
Definition of an emergency Mr C applied for a crisis grant. He had received a benefit payment but had used the majority of this payment giving money to his mother and buying clothes. September 2018 Upheld
Definition of an emergency Mr C asked the SPSO to review the council's decision to refuse him a crisis grant September 2018 Upheld
Priority washing machines for single people Mr C applied for a Community Care Grant for a washing machine August 2018 Upheld
Access to alternative support Mr C applied for a crisis grant for living expenses as he was waiting on the DWP updating his claim from a joint to a single claim August 2018 Not upheld
Definition of an emergency Mr C applied for a crisis grant as he had received his Personal Independence Payment (PIP) but had spent this August 2018 Upheld
Common medical conditions with respect to priority Ms C applied for a community care grant for a number of household items August 2018 Upheld
Meeting the need Miss C applied to the fund as she had experienced an infestation of bed bugs which had meant she had to remove a number of household items August 2018 Upheld