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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 Anglesey341266339290261301337290331500338372357345296273246250
Blaenau Gwent8216726896155426487397296701,015697942941931735646559563
Bridgend9487799188227328218378908891,3098861,0691,2541,035944781758644
Caerphilly1,3321,1241,2871,0501,0081,0871,2451,1641,1361,7341,2031,5681,5941,3661,3141,094993956
Cardiff2,5532,1842,5272,1772,1322,3352,3862,2272,4533,4652,4383,0793,1382,9312,5892,1561,9251,826
Carmarthenshire8456797816706968147758819181,1818609581,029963890755659708
Ceredigion157152174148138183175208173253131190203189178154139117
Conwy582453537479416488548562576804569702689638551497423431
Denbighshire600485565469482521612600638913587721705627556463413421
Flintshire675580614556518654727642702997738895914792663550553540
Gwynedd536446543422401446489559569837608656701654565477352393
Merthyr Tydfil787635753574484566570624618933677790817741729588475471
Monmouthshire253224269235212259317277305382301368335355292262233213
Neath Port Talbot1,1408571,0039278138839199909601,3619511,1891,2411,1861,047889795795
Newport1,5071,3371,4311,2171,1581,3241,3551,2341,4782,0071,4181,7911,7601,6191,5191,2931,0531,059
Pembrokeshire445381353314360422399427465599411517492481428304300350
Powys291226278280259288288281279403285371385290293273233250
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff2,3621,7672,0101,6371,5291,7211,9082,0481,7082,6711,8482,3882,5322,3911,9211,6921,4021,405
Swansea1,7821,3661,4611,3511,2141,4121,4931,4811,5062,1501,5451,9391,9591,8081,6001,3271,2321,138
Torfaen6326086896115586436706767021,003740901848788668620551526
Vale of Glamorgan698599680576557651649635650974781871886786746610520551
Wrexham1,0691,0251,0749278039271,0669921,0291,4061,0211,2051,3181,1711,139934798766

Metadata

Title

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

Last update

November 2024 November 2024

Next update

February 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Designation

Management information

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

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

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