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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: update to 30 September 2023

Last updated
4 March 2024 - see all updates
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector

Information on the Scottish Welfare Fund to 30 September 2023.

Supporting documents

During July to September 2023, a larger proportion of Crisis Grants applications and awards were repeats (72% and 63%, respectively), compared to Community Care Grants (29% and 13%, respectively) (Tables 40-43, Chart 11).

Compared to the same quarter in 2022, the rates of repeat applications for Community Care Grants were unchanged; the rate of awards was two percentage points lower. Crisis Grants repeat applications and awards increased by four and three percentage points respectively.
 

The rates of repeat Crisis Grant applications and awards declined slightly after the highs seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2023 have reached a new high. Increased rates of repeat applications and awards may be due to individuals continuing to experience financial hardship, at least partly due to the increased cost of living, and the lingering impacts of COVID-19.

Chart 11: Repeat applications and awards for Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants - Quarterly
Chart 11

First published
30 January 2024
Last updated
4 March 2024 - show all updates

  1. A transposition error was found in table 34d which meant that the contents of the table were displaced down by a blank row, and the total was omitted. This has now been rectified.

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