Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: update to 31 December 2023


In the latest quarter, 113,990 unique households received a Crisis Grant, and 81,445 received a Community Care Grant (Tables 38a-c, Chart 13).

More than a third (38%) of households receiving awards contained children. Of the total £434.2 million that has been awarded, £190.8 million has been awarded to households containing children.

Chart 13: Household types of households receiving funds from the Scottish Welfare Fund – 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023

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