Scottish Welfare Fund: statutory guidance - April 2025
An update to the Scottish Welfare Fund statutory guidance, previously published in March 2021, following an independent review and action plan.
11. Data Monitoring
Regular Statistical Monitoring
11.1 The Scottish Government and local authorities are working together to collate and analyse quantitative data about the operation of individual Welfare Funds.
11.2 Local authorities should work with software providers to make arrangements to capture the agreed data set as specified at:
11.3 This data should be collected continuously through case management systems and sent to the Scottish Government in the prescribed format as requested.
11.4 The Scottish Government publishes statistics about the Scottish Welfare Fund at:
Scottish Government Social Security Statistics Publications - gov.scot
Contact
Email: swfqueries@gov.scot