FOI Request - Scottish Welfare Fund Applications

Request 101003774718

1.  How much money has The Moray Council received from the Scottish Government over each of the last five years (ie 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) from the Scottish Welfare Fund?

2.  How many applications have been made to The Moray Council over each of the last five years for a Community Care Grant or a Crisis Grant under the Scottish Welfare Fund? Please differentiate between Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants.

3.  How many of these applications have been successful?

4.  How much money over each of the last five years has The Moray Council paid out to applicants under the Scottish Welfare Fund? Please differentiate between Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants.

5.  If The Moray Council has had money left over from their allocation, what has happened to it?

Response 19-05-2025

The information requested is published and available from the Scottish Government website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-welfare-fund-statistics-update-to-31-december-2024/documents/

For details on where to find the response to each individual question please see below:

1. SWF Budgets and Underspends – Table 24

2. CCG – Table 2, CG – Table 3

3. CCG awarded – Table 13 (% on Table 14), CG accepted and rejected – Table 16 (% on Table 17)

4. CCG expenditure – Table 20, CG expenditure – Table 21

5. We retain this in an earmarked portion of General Fund.