Research and analysis

Waking Watch Relief Fund Data as of 30 June 2021

Published 15 July 2021

Applies to England

Introduction

We are publishing data on the progress of the Waking Watch Relief Fund demonstrating the number of applications and buildings that have been approved for funding; the funding amounts; as well as a detailed breakdown of administering authorities’ data. The data will be updated regularly.

Table 1. First and second application window (data as of 30 June 2021)

Title	1st application window	2nd application window	Total
No. of applications	213	60	273
No. of buildings	222*	70	292**
No. of successful applications	119**	7	126**
No. of successful buildings	181*	10**	191**
No. of rejected applications	18	22**	40**
Amount of funding approved	£15.6m	£0.9m**	£16.5m**
Mean Waking Watch cost per dwelling per month (outside London)***	£110	-	-
Median Waking Watch cost per dwelling per month (outside London)***	£77	-	-

*GLA are continuing to assess buildings and data is not yet complete for applicants in London.
**Not final figures as assessment is still ongoing.
***Excluding GLA figures due to missing data; also; some missing data in Leeds, Greater Manchester and Sheffield; currently excludes 2nd tranche MHCLG. Within the data provided there is a large range of Waking Watch costs with some high outliers. Therefore, both the mean and median are included in the table as large outliers can skew the mean but have little impact on the median.

Table 2. Split by administering authority. First application window only (data as of 30 June 2021)

Local authority	Applications	Approved applications	Rejected applications	Pending applications	Buildings	Approved buildings	Approved funding
Birmingham	9	8	1	0	9	8	£1.6m
Bristol	3	2	0	1	3	2	£0.1m
Greater London Authority	111	33*	4*	74	83*	60*	£4.1m*
Greater Manchester Combined Authority	25	20	5	0	38	33	£2.5m
Leeds	10	10	0	0	12	12	£2.0m
Liverpool	19	17	2	0	20	18	£1.7m
MHCLG***	27	21	6	0	47	39	£2.8m
Newcastle	3	3	0	0	3	3	£0.3m
Sheffield	6	5	0**	0	7	6	£0.5m

*Complete GLA Building data and approved funding still ongoing.
**One of Sheffield’s applications withdrew.
***MHCLG administered the Waking Watch Relief Fund for applicants from: i) other local authority areas, and ii) the social sector.

Data quality

Data is provided by applicants to the Waking Watch Relief Fund, with some local authorities administering the fund. MHCLG does not have full oversight of their systems and quality procedures. Guidance and documentation is available throughout the application process.

Although some data cleaning took place to exclude duplicate applications, the data provided was not subject to additional quality assurance. Data providers were not, for example, contacted for clarifications and corrections unless necessary for assessing the eligibility of the application.

Applications for the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the second application window are still being processed. Data will be updated in future releases as these applications are processed. Estimated average Waking Watch costs per dwelling per month as of 30 June 2021 exclude this data.

Average monthly Waking Watch costs per dwelling are based on data for 77 out of 86 approved applications from the first application window, excluding London. Data is still being collected. As such there is missing data across a number of fields, for example Waking Watch costs and number of dwellings, and averages are calculated on a subset of applications.

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