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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 Anglesey341266339290261301337290331500338372357345296273246250141124146207258282
Blaenau Gwent8216726896155426487397296701,015697942941931735646559563325348320438583651
Bridgend9487799188227328218378908891,3098861,0691,2541,035944781758644364376410501683764
Caerphilly1,3321,1241,2871,0501,0081,0871,2451,1641,1361,7341,2031,5681,5941,3661,3151,0949939565365345497921,1371,218
Cardiff2,5532,1842,5272,1772,1322,3352,3862,2272,4533,4652,4383,0793,1382,9312,5892,1561,9251,8251,1561,0351,0911,4621,7851,928
Carmarthenshire8456797816706968147758819181,1818609581,029963890755659708405349437510588686
Ceredigion15715217414813818317520817325313119020318917815413911786789896128125
Conwy582453537479416488548562576804569702689638551497423431243255288371404471
Denbighshire600485565469482521612600638913587721705627556463413421262252269369423495
Flintshire675580614556518654727642702997738895914792663550553540316323338427509598
Gwynedd536446543422401446489559569837608656701654565477352393250237272395417456
Merthyr Tydfil787635753574484566570624618933677790817741729589475471272244272439544595
Monmouthshire253224269235212259317277305382301368335355292262233213135121122158254262
Neath Port Talbot1,1408571,0039278138839199909601,3619511,1891,2411,1861,047889795795426401477577758891
Newport1,5071,3371,4311,2171,1581,3241,3551,2341,4782,0071,4181,7911,7601,6191,5191,2931,0531,0595965646128661,0261,127
Pembrokeshire445381353314360422399427465599411517492481428304300350192176228259319381
Powys291226278280259288288281279403285371385290293273233250147151189205259280
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff2,3621,7672,0101,6371,5291,7211,9082,0481,7082,6711,8482,3882,5322,3911,9211,6921,4021,4048407608031,1221,4501,726
Swansea1,7821,3661,4611,3511,2141,4121,4931,4811,5062,1501,5451,9391,9591,8081,6001,3271,2321,1386636226548341,1901,386
Torfaen6326086896115586436706767021,003740901848788668620551527346321342419528648
Vale of Glamorgan698599680576557651649635650974781871886786746610520551323292324497518625
Wrexham1,0691,0251,0749278039271,0669921,0291,4061,0211,2051,3181,1711,139934798766426448454601724872

Metadata

Title

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

Last update

June 2025 June 2025

Next update

September 2025

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

Keywords

DAF

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.

To ensure the timely reporting of DAF figures the number and values of payments refer to approved applications not applications which have been paid. This means the value of payments in this report may differ from the final amount paid to recipients.