Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: Update to 31 December 2022

Decisions and awards

During October to December 2022, decisions were made on 23,425 Community Care Grant applications (Table 12) with an acceptance rate of 49% (Table 14 and Chart 6) and decisions were made on 64,000 Crisis Grant applications (Table 15) with an acceptance rate of 66% (Table 17 and Chart 6).

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

Local authorities awarded 12,355 Community Care Grants, 225 (2%) more than October to December 2021 (Table 13, Chart 7) and 42,165 Crisis Grants, 1,800 (4%) fewer than October to December 2021 (Table 16, Chart 7).

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