Scottish Welfare Fund statistics: update to 30 June 2022

During April to June 2022, decisions were made on 23,065 Community Care Grant applications (Table 12) with an acceptance rate of 54% (Table 14 and Chart 7) and decisions were made on 74,460 Crisis Grant applications (Table 15) with an acceptance rate of 64% (Table 17 and Chart 7).

Local authorities awarded 12,460 Community Care Grants, 265 (2%) more than April to June 2021 (Table 13, Chart 6) and 47,665 Crisis Grants, 7,075 (17%) more than April to June 2021 (Table 16, Chart 6).

Chart 6: Number of Scottish Welfare Fund Awards – Scotland – Monthly

Chart 7: Community Care Grant and Crisis Grant acceptance rates – Quarterly