Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: annual update 2023-24

The Scottish Welfare Fund comprises Community Care Grants, which help people to live independently, and Crisis Grants, which provide a safety net in a disaster or emergency.

This publication provides information on the Scottish Welfare Fund for the financial year of 2023-24. It also contains information from previous financial years dating back to 1 April 2013, when the scheme began. This edition concentrates on the period from 2018-19 onwards.

The publication includes monthly management information (informal returns) from January 2023 to May 2024, broken down by local authority. These provide comparison with the Official Statistics, and also allow the most recent trends in data to be seen, which won’t otherwise be covered by the official statistics until the next quarterly update.

A supplementary spreadsheet containing 73 tables and 16 charts has also been published. Electronic versions of this document and accompanying tables and charts are available at the Scottish Government SWF web page.

An Official Statistics in Development Publication for Scotland

These statistics are official statistics in development. Official statistics in development may be new or existing statistics, and will be tested with users, in line with the standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics.

The quality of these statistics is being constantly evaluated, and work is ongoing with data suppliers to improve the quality and consistency of data being provided, which will allow us to move towards accreditation of this release.

Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

More information about Scottish Government statistics is available on the Scottish Government website.