FOI release

Crisis and Resilience Fund & Household Support Fund allocation

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we didn't hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/00874

Received 23 April 2026

Published 21 May 2026

Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Guildford Borough Council:

1. Could you please provide your council's delivery plan for Household Support Fund Tranche 7 (HSF7)? This should detail how your HSF grant was allocated to different initiatives between April 2025 - April 2026. Please send a copy of the plan via email or provide a link if it is publicly available.

2. Could you please provide your council's delivery plan for the first year of the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF)? This should detail how your CRF grant is allocated to different initiatives between April 2026 - April 2027. Please send a copy of the plan via email or provide a link if it is publicly available.

Response

Please find the answers to your queries below:

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Guildford Borough Council:

Guildford Borough Council no longer operates a local Household Support Fund application-based scheme for our residents.

As of 2^nd October 2025 the following information regarding the Household Support Fund was posted to our website:

“The latest and seventh round of Household Support Funding has been announced. It runs between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.

The amount allocated from The Department of Work and Pensions to Surrey was £9. 3m which was a 12% reduction on previous rounds. Surrey County Council will allocate the funding to schemes and organisations that help those families who are struggling financially in Surrey.

Guildford households will need to apply to Surrey County Council.
The scheme is now open and applications can be made at: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/health-and-welfare/support/financial-support/household/everyday-essentials-e-voucher

Further information is available on the https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/health-and-welfare/support/financial-support/household

However, unfortunately this page is no longer available on our website and therefore I am unable to send you a link to the formal webpage for the above.

As such, your queries will need to be directed to Surrey County Council – please see the following website for further information about how to make a Freedom of Information request with Surrey County Council:

https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/your-privacy/freedom-of-information#:~:text=It's%20an%20act%20of%20Parliament%20that:%201.%20gives

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team

Guildford Borough Council

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