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Data Provider: Welsh Government Management Information Discretionary Assistance Fund by Local authority - Monthly data (April 2023 Onwards)
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Isle of Anglesey341266339290261301337290331500338372392359298
Blaenau Gwent8216726896155426487397296701,0156969421,041881725
Bridgend9487799188227328218378908891,3098851,0691,316947895
Caerphilly1,3321,1241,2871,0501,0081,0871,2451,1641,1361,7341,2031,5671,6241,2911,188
Cardiff2,5532,1842,5272,1772,1322,3352,3862,2272,4533,4652,4423,0823,3452,8362,585
Carmarthenshire8456797816706968147758819181,1818609571,126917909
Ceredigion157152174148138183175208173253131190238174175
Conwy582453537479416488548562576804569702723578513
Denbighshire600485565469482521612600638913587721726609549
Flintshire675580614556518654727642702997738895962753639
Gwynedd536446543422401446489559569837608656796641542
Merthyr Tydfil787635753574484566570624618933677790870757711
Monmouthshire253224269235212259317277305382301368352378293
Neath Port Talbot1,1408571,0039278138839199909601,3619511,1891,3521,128978
Newport1,5071,3371,4311,2171,1581,3241,3551,2341,4782,0071,4181,7911,8801,5871,471
Pembrokeshire445381353314360422399427465599411517552445417
Powys291226278280259288288281279403285371395294305
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff2,3621,7672,0101,6371,5291,7211,9082,0481,7082,6711,8472,3882,6332,2321,859
Swansea1,7821,3661,4611,3511,2141,4121,4931,4811,5062,1501,5451,9392,0661,6791,539
Torfaen6326086896115586436706767021,003740900880746672
Vale of Glamorgan698599680576557651649635650974780871967764739
Wrexham1,0691,0251,0749278039271,0669921,0291,4061,0211,2051,3911,0791,153

Metadata

Keywords

DAF

Title

Discretionary Assistance Fund by Local authority - Monthly data (April 2023 Onwards)

Last update

July 2024 July 2024

Next update

October 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Designation

Management information

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

General description

The Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF) offers two types of grant. Individual Assistance Payments (IAPs) help people live independently in their home or a property that they are moving into. Emergency Assistance Payments (EAPs) help pay for essential costs, such as food, gas, electricity, clothing or emergency travel.

From 1 April 2023 all applicants will be eligible for 3 payments in a 12-month rolling period. (This will include all EAP awards previously received within the past 12 months). Since 2020, people impacted by the pandemic or the loss of the £20 Universal Credit uplift have been able to receive 5 payments. These 3 payments will be at a higher value with an 11% inflationary increase given to all EAP awards. The 28-day gap between application dates will reduce to 7 days for all applicants. These changes are to allow for short and successive use of the fund in a time of crisis or emergency.

Data collection and calculation

DAF data is supplied to the Welsh Government by our service provider NEC Software Solutions UK.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Statistical quality

DAF data is supplied to the Welsh Government by our service provider NEC Software Solutions UK. The data does not go through any formal validation processes and therefore is not published as a National Statistic