Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: update to 30 September 2025
The quarterly update of Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics for July to September 2025. This includes quarterly statistics on Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants from 2021 onwards.
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Scottish Welfare Fund awards tend to go to applicants living in more deprived areas of Scotland. Around one in five people in Scotland live in the 20% most deprived areas in Scotland, as defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). In the latest quarter, around half of Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants (49% and 46% respectively) were awarded to applicants living in these areas. In comparison, 2% of Community Care Grants and 3% of Crisis Grants were awarded to applicants from the 20% least deprived areas.
The average value of awards was similar across all quintiles, with a bias towards more deprived areas for Community Care Grants (Table 36, Table 37, Chart 12).
Chart 12: Distribution of awards and average award value by SIMD Quintile rankings of applicant’s postcode – July to September 2025
This is a montage of four charts showing how monies have been disbursed between different areas during 2025-26 based on their level of multiple deprivation.