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Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: Update to 31 December 2022

Last updated: 24 July 2023 - see all updates
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Part of: Communities and third sector

Information on the Scottish Welfare Fund to 31 December 2022.

Scottish Government Social Security Statistics Publications

Reviews

Since April 2013, there have been 30,925 Tier 1 reviews for Community Care Grants and 42,050 reviews for Crisis Grants (Table 33). Fewer than half of decisions were revised for Community Care Grants (47%) and Crisis Grants (44%) (Table 34).

Since April 2013, 75% of Tier 1 reviews for Community Care Grants have been made within the 15 working day target, while 87% of Tier 1 reviews for Crisis Grants have been made within the two working day target (Table 35).

First published: 25 April 2023
Last updated: 24 July 2023 - show all updates
All updates: 24 July 2023
A note was added regarding an excess of self-isolation support grants in May 2021 and April 2022.

25 April 2023
An update was made to "Summary of main points", correcting "six months" to "nine months".

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