Empty home grant

22 March 2022

Dear

FOI Request - ATISN 16142 - Empty home grant

Information requested

Thank you for your request which I received on 7 March 2022.  You asked:

‘Can the Welsh Government provide the total amount of funding allocated from the £10 million empty homes grant scheme?’

Our response

In 2019 Phase 1 of the Valleys Taskforce Empty Homes Grant Scheme was launched with an allocated £10m budget. Phase 2 was launched in 2020 as per the press release: More than 500 applications to £10 million empty homes grant scheme.

This budget is fully committed and to date over 1,000 properties have been brought back into use.

Next steps

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response. Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit
Welsh Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ 

or Email: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.   

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

Yours sincerely