Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: Update to 30 September 2022

Decisions and awards

During July to September 2022, decisions were made on 22,645 Community Care Grant applications (Table 12) with an acceptance rate of 54% (Table 14 and Chart 6) and decisions were made on 69,235 Crisis Grant applications (Table 15) with an acceptance rate of 65% (Table 17 and Chart 6).

Chart 6: Community Care Grant and Crisis Grant acceptance rates – Quarterly

Local authorities awarded 12,195 Community Care Grants, 625 (5%) more than July to September 2021 (Table 13, Chart 7) and 44,905 Crisis Grants, 5,335 (13%) more than July to September 2021 (Table 16, Chart 7).

Chart 7: Number of Scottish Welfare Fund Awards – Scotland – Monthly